Harry Springthorpe

Harold Thomas Springthorpe (28 April 1886 – 3 November 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Grimsby Town.^[1][4] He represented the England amateur national team and English Wanderers.^[3][5]

Harry Springthorpe

Personal information
Full name	Harold Thomas Springthorpe[1]
Date of birth	28 April 1886
Place of birth	Tinwell, England
Date of death	3 November 1915(1915-11-03) (aged 29)[2]
Place of death	Mediterranean Sea[3]
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Stamford Town
0000–1904	Wolverton
1904–1908	Northampton Town
1908–1909	Grimsby Town	22	(6)
	Grimsby Rangers
1911–1912	Grimsby Town	3	(0)
International career
1910	England Amateurs	1	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Springthorpe attended Stamford School and trained as a bank clerk before working for Barclays.^[3] He transferred to the Grimsby branch.^[3] After the outbreak of the First World War, Springthorpe enlisted as a lance corporal in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry in October 1914.^[3] The unit was being transported to Salonika aboard the SS Mercian on 3 November 1915 when the ship was attacked in the Mediterranean by SM U-38.^[3] Springthorpe died of wounds caused by a shell blast during the hour-long bombardment and was buried at sea.^[3][4] He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.^[2]