Reg Callender
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Reginald Henry Callender[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 August 1892[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Bishopton, England[3] | ||
| Date of death | 5 October 1915 (aged 23)[4] | ||
| Place of death | Nord, France | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| St John's College | |||
| Stockton | |||
| 1912 | Glossop | 1 | (0) |
| 1913–1914 | Derby County | 5 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1913–1914 | England Amateurs | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Reginald Henry Callender (31 August 1892 – 5 October 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Derby County and Glossop as an outside left.[1] He represented the England amateur national team.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Callender attended Fitzwilliam and St John's Colleges and was a Cambridge Blue.[2] Prior to the First World War, he worked as a teacher.[2] On 4 December 1914, three months after the outbreak of the First World War, Callender was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry.[6] He was deployed to France in August 1915 and was killed accidentally while explaining the mechanisms of a grenade in Nord on 5 October 1915.[2][7] He was buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentières.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Derby County | 1913–14[8] | First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 50. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d "North East War Memorials Project – Every Name A Story Content". www.newmp.org.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Reginald Henry Callender | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "No. 28998". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 December 1914. p. 10417.
- ^ "Roll of Honour 1910s" (PDF). joh.cam.ac.uk. pp. 122–123. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Reginald Henry Callender". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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