Harry Dutfield Explained

Harry Dutfield
Birth Date:December 1879
Birth Place:Birmingham, England
Death Place:Poperinge, Belgium
Position:Full back
Years1:1899–1902
Clubs1:Beddington Corner
Years2:1902
Clubs2:Brentford
Caps2:1
Goals2:0

Harry Dutfield (December 1879 – 6 June 1918) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Southern Football League for Brentford.[1]

Personal life

Dutfield worked as a leather dresser and married Louisa Brown in 1899.[2] In May 1917, two-and-a-half-years after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the 4th (Reserve) Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment (later the Royal Leicestershire Regiment) in Leicester, being posted to France in October. Private Dutfield was killed in action at Poperinge on 6 June 1918 while serving with his regiment's 1st Battalion and was buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, west of Poperinge. His eldest son, Private George Henry Dutfield of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), was killed in April 1918.

Career statistics

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SeasonDivisionLeagueFA CupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford1902–03Southern League First Division100010
Career total100010

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lane . Dave . 10 November 2019 . Brentford Football Club – Remembering the Fallen – 2019 . 18 August 2020 . Beesotted.
  2. Web site: Dutfield, Harry . 18 August 2020 . The Royal Leicestershire Regiment.