Jump to content

Henry Littlewort

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Henry Littlewort
Personal information
Full name Henry Charles Littlewort[1]
Date of birth 7 July 1882
Place of birth Elmsett, England
Date of death 21 November 1934(1934-11-21) (aged 52)[2]
Height 5 ft 11+12 in (1.82 m)[3]
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
West Norwood
1906–1907 Crystal Palace 1 (0)
West Norwood
1908 Fulham 4 (0)
Shepherd's Bush
West Norwood
1909–1913 Glossop 73 (3)
1919 Arsenal 0 (0)
International career
1911–1913 England Amateurs 9 (0)
1912 Great Britain 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Men's football
Representing  Great Britain
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Team competition

Henry Charles Littlewort (7 July 1882 – 21 November 1934) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[4]

He was part of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played all three matches.[5]

Littlewort played one match for Crystal Palace on 19 January 1907. Littlewort played as a centre half in the away match against Fulham which Palace lost 2–1.[6]

Personal life

[edit]

Littlewort served as a sergeant in the Royal Fusiliers during the First World War.[7]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 176. ISBN 9781905891610.
  2. ^ "Henry Littlewort". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Henry Littlewort". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  5. ^ "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  6. ^ King, Ian (2012). Crystal Palace: The Complete Record 1905–2011. Derby Books Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 978-1-78091-221-9.
  7. ^ "Henry Charles Littlewort | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
[edit]