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Oscar Linkson
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Full name	Oscar Horace Stanley Linkson
Date of birth	16 March 1888
Place of birth	New Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Date of death	8 August 1916 (aged 28) (missing in action)
Place of death	Guillemont, France
Height	5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)
Position(s)	Full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Barnet & Alston
1908–1913	Manchester United
1913–1914	Shelbourne
1915–1916	→ Queens Park Rangers (guest)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Oscar Horace Stanley Linkson (16 March 1888 – 8 August 1916) was an English footballer who played as a full-back. He played for Manchester United for five years from 1908 to 1913, when he moved to Ireland to play for Shelbourne, where he spent a year before the outbreak of the First World War. During the war, he made guest appearances for Queens Park Rangers; however, in August 1916, he went missing during the Battle of the Somme and he was presumed dead.

Football career

Linkson started his career with Barnet & Alston. By 1908, he was playing for an amateur team, Pirates FC. While on a continental tour, he was spotted by scouts from Manchester United, who were also touring in the same area, and he signed for the club in July 1908.^[2] He made his first-team debut on 24 October 1908 in a home match against Nottingham Forest, and went on to make a total of 10 appearances that season. He missed the entire 1909–10 season, but returned in 1910–11 to make seven appearances as United went on to win the First Division title. He became a regular in the team for the 1911–12 season, playing in 21 league matches and four in the FA Cup, taking over from Dick Holden and Tony Donnelly. He started the 1912–13 season as the club's first-choice right-back, but lost that position to Jimmy Hodge after Christmas 1912, making just three more appearances before the end of the season.

In August 1913, he transferred to Shelbourne in Dublin.

Army career and disappearance

At the outbreak of the First World War, he returned to England, where he enrolled with the 1st Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, who were formed under the Pals battalion scheme and made up entirely of sportsmen; he fought alongside other footballers, such as Walter Tull, Evelyn Lintott and Vivian Woodward.

On 8 August 1916, Private Linkson went missing in the battle to seize Guillemont Station during the Somme Offensive. His body was never recovered and he was recorded as missing presumed dead.^[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester United	1908–09	First Division	10	0	0	0	10	0
	1909–10		0	0	0	0	0	0
	1910–11		7	0	0	0	7	0
	1911–12		21	0	4	0	25	0
	1912–13		17	0	0	0	17	0
	Total		55	0	4	0	59	0

Honours

Shelbourne

Leinster Senior Cup: 1913
Gold Cup: 1914

References

^ Dykes, p. 226
^ Dykes, pp. 226–7
^ CWGC entry

Books

Dykes, Garth (1994). The United Alphabet: A Complete Who's Who of Manchester United F.C. Leicester: ACL & Polar Publishing. ISBN 0-9514862-6-8.
Fitzpatrick, Seán (2009). Shelbourne Cult Heroes. Colour Books. ISBN 978-1-905483-67-9.

[1] Dykes, p. 226

[2] Dykes, pp. 226–7

[3] CWGC entry

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+'''Oscar Horace Stanley Linkson''' (16 March 1888 – 8 August 1916) was an English [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|full-back]]. He played for [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] for five years from 1908 to 1913, when he moved to Ireland to play for [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]], where he spent a year before the outbreak of the [[World War I|First World War]]. During the war, he made guest appearances for [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]; however, in August 1916, he went missing during the [[Battle of the Somme]] and he was presumed dead.
-'''Oscar Horace Stanley Linkson''' (16 March 1888 – 8 August 1916) was an English [[association football|football]] player.
-==Early life==
-Linkson was born in [[New Barnet]], [[Hertfordshire]]. His father was Robert Linkson, a house painter; his mother, Rebecca Bartram, ran a business selling wardrobes made by her father and brothers. Linkson was the youngest of five boys in a family that also included four sisters. His three eldest brothers, William, Robert and Alfred, and his sister Margaret all died in infancy before he was born. His one remaining brother, Sidney died in 1901 as a result of a disease caught during active service in the [[Second Boer War]].
 ==Football career==
-Linkson started his career with Barnet Alston (later [[Barnet F.C.]]) in 1907. He was spotted playing for an amateur team, Pirates FC, on a continental tour by scouts from [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], who were also touring in the same area, and he signed for the club in 1908. He made his first team debut on 24 October 1908 in a match against [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]. In total, Linkson played in 55 league games and four [[FA Cup]] games, and helped the club win the 1909 [[FA Cup]] and 1911 league title. In 1913, he transferred to [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] in Dublin.
+Linkson started his career with [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet & Alston]]. By 1908, he was playing for an amateur team, Pirates FC. While on a continental tour, he was spotted by scouts from [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], who were also touring in the same area, and he signed for the club in July 1908.<ref>Dykes, pp. 226–7</ref> He made his first-team debut on 24 October 1908 in a home match against [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], and went on to make a total of 10 appearances that season. He missed the entire 1909–10 season, but returned in 1910–11 to make seven appearances as United went on to win the [[1910–11 Football League|First Division]] title. He became a regular in the team for the 1911–12 season, playing in 21 league matches and four in the [[FA Cup]], taking over from [[Dick Holden]] and [[Tony Donnelly]]. He started the 1912–13 season as the club's first-choice right-back, but lost that position to [[Jimmy Hodge]] after Christmas 1912, making just three more appearances before the end of the season.
+In August 1913, he transferred to [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] in Dublin.
-==Army career==
+==Army career and disappearance==
 At the outbreak of the [[World War I|First World War]], he returned to England, where he enrolled with the 1st [[Football Battalion]] of the [[Middlesex Regiment]], who were formed under the [[Pals battalion]] scheme and made up entirely of sportsmen; he fought alongside other footballers, such as [[Walter Tull]], [[Evelyn Lintott]] and [[Vivian Woodward]].
 On 8 August 1916, Private Linkson went missing in the battle to seize [[Guillemont]] Station during the [[Somme Offensive]]. His body was never recovered and he was recorded as missing presumed dead.<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/800768 CWGC entry]</ref>
-==Personal life==
+==Career statistics==
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
-In 1912, Oscar married his 16-year-old sweetheart, Olive Fenton. Fenton was the granddaughter of Kate Hodson, an actress in the [[Victorian era]], and the great-niece of [[Henrietta Hodson]], an actress and theatre manager. They had two children: Eric (1913–1971) and Olive (1914–1990).
+|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
+!rowspan="2"|Club
+!rowspan="2"|Season
+!colspan="3"|League
+!colspan="2"|FA Cup
+!colspan="2"|Total
+|-
+!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
+|-
+|rowspan="6"|[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
+|[[1908–09 Manchester United F.C. season|1908–09]]
+|rowspan="5"|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
+|10||0||0||0||10||0
+|-
+|[[1909–10 Manchester United F.C. season|1909–10]]
+|0||0||0||0||0||0
+|-
+|[[1910–11 Manchester United F.C. season|1910–11]]
+|7||0||0||0||7||0
+|-
+|[[1911–12 Manchester United F.C. season|1911–12]]
+|21||0||4||0||25||0
+|-
+|[[1912–13 Manchester United F.C. season|1912–13]]
+|17||0||0||0||17||0
+|-
+!colspan="2"|Total
+!55!!0!!4!!0!!59!!0
+|}
 ==Honours==
-[[Shelbourne F.C.]]
+'''Shelbourne'''
-*[[Gold Cup (Northern Ireland)|Gold Cup]]: 1914
 *[[Leinster Senior Cup (football)|Leinster Senior Cup]]: 1913
+*[[Gold Cup (Northern Ireland)|Gold Cup]]: 1914
+==See also==
+*[[List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990|List of people who disappeared]]
 ==References==
-{{reflist|30em}}
+{{Reflist}}
-*Murphy, Alex ''The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United'' (2006, Orion Books) {{ISBN|0-7528-7603-1}}
+==Books==
-*Fitzpatrick, Seán ''Shelbourne Cult Heroes'' (2009, Colour Books) {{ISBN|978-1-905483-67-9}}
+*{{cite book |first=Garth |last=Dykes |title=The United Alphabet: A Complete Who's Who of Manchester United F.C. |year=1994 |publisher=ACL & Polar Publishing |location=Leicester |isbn=0-9514862-6-8 }}
+*{{cite book |first=Seán |last=Fitzpatrick |title=Shelbourne Cult Heroes |year=2009 |publisher=Colour Books |isbn=978-1-905483-67-9 }}
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