Tommy Asnip
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Asnip[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 February 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
Date of death | 24 July 1918[2] | (aged 35)||
Place of death | West Flanders, Belgium[2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
St Catherines (Lincoln) | |||
1904 | Lincoln City | 1 | (0) |
Adelaide (Lincoln) | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas "Tommy" Asnip (18 February 1883 – 24 July 1918) was an English amateur football outside forward who played in the Football League for Lincoln City.[1]
Personal life
Asnip served in the Royal Lincolnshire and North Staffordshire Regiments during the First World War and was killed in West Flanders on 24 July 1918.[3] He is buried in No. 10 Cemetery in Loker.[2]
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 12. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b c "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "Thomas Asnip | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
Categories:
- 1883 births
- 1918 deaths
- Sportspeople from Sheffield
- English footballers
- Association football outside forwards
- Lincoln City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- British Army soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Lincolnshire Regiment soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- North Staffordshire Regiment soldiers
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs