Gerald Kirk
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gerald Kirk[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1883-07-14)14 July 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Bramley, England[2] | ||
Date of death | 24 April 1915(1915-04-24) (aged 31)[3] | ||
Place of death | Poperinge, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1900–1905 | Ingleton | ||
1905–1906 | Bradford City | 40 | (2) |
1906–1907 | Leeds City | 7 | (1) |
1907–1908 | Bradford City | 3 | (0) |
Ingleton | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gerald Kirk (14 July 1883 – 24 April 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League for Bradford City and Leeds City.[1] He spent the majority of his career in non-League football with Ingleton, whom he captained.[4][5]
Personal life
Kirk was born into a wealthy land-owning family.[6] He attended Pocklington School and later married.[6] On 1 September 1914, a month after Britain's entry into the First World War, Kirk enlisted as a private in the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).[6] In October he was promoted to lance corporal and by 31 January 1915, he had been commissioned as a second lieutenant.[5][6] In March 1915, Kirk's battalion was posted to the Western Front and entered the trenches near Bailleul.[6] On 23 April 1915, he was shot through the chest while leading his platoon in an attack and died the following day at Number 3 Casualty Clearing Station, Poperinghe.[6] Kirk was buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery.[3]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bradford City | 1905–06[6] | Second Division | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
1906–07[6] | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
Total | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
Leeds City | 1907–08[6] | Second Division | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Bradford City | 1907–08[6] | Second Division | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 2 | ||
Career total | 51 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 3 |
Honours
Ingleton
- Lancaster & District League: 1902–03[5]
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 165. ISBN 9781905891610.
- ^ "Gerald Kirk | Soldier Record". Craven's Part in The Great War. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Country Life, Volume 38. 1915. p. 560.
- ^ a b c McCrery, Nigel (18 June 2015). The Final Season: The Footballers Who Fought and Died in the Great War. Penguin Random House. pp. 50–53. ISBN 978-0-09-959466-6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Gerald Kirk – Bradford City, Leeds City and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
External links
- Player profile at BantamsPast.co.uk
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