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Cyril Northam

Cyril Northam
Personal information
Full name Cyril George Northam[1]
Date of birth 4 October 1894
Place of birth Hendon, England[2]
Date of death 21 January 1981(1981-01-21) (aged 86)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1914 Brentford 0 (0)
Dulwich Hamlet
1920 Wrexham 0 (0)
Connah's Quay & Shotton
Dulwich Hamlet
1922 Wrexham 16 (4)
Connah's Quay & Shotton
Whitchurch
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril George Northam (4 October 1894 – 21 January 1981) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Wrexham as an outside right.[1]

Personal life

As of 1911, Northam was working as a merchant's clerk.[3] Northam served as a private in the London Regiment during the First World War and was commissioned as a second lieutenant and attached to the Royal Scots in September 1916.[3][4] His younger brother Arthur also served in the London Regiment and was killed in France on 23 May 1917.[5][6] Northam served again in the Second World War, as lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.[7] He remained in the army after the war and rose to the rank of honorary major, before moving back down to second lieutenant on 25 April 1952.[8][9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wrexham 1921–22[2] Third Division North 16 4 ― 16 4
Career total 16 10 4 0 16 4

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 219. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Cyril Northam | Player Statistics". Wrexham AFC Archive. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b Cyril Northam on Lives of the First World War
  4. ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 19 October 1916. 10071" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Arthur Reginald Northam". Southampton Cenotaph. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Casualty Details: Arthur Reginald Northam". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 7 June 1940. 3421" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 15 February 1949" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 6 June 1952. 3115" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2018.


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