Reg Callender | |
Fullname: | Reginald Henry Callender |
Birth Date: | 31 August 1892 |
Birth Place: | Bishopton, England[1] |
Death Place: | Nord, France |
Position: | Outside left |
Clubs1: | St John's College |
Clubs2: | Stockton |
Years3: | 1912 |
Clubs3: | Glossop |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1913–1914 |
Clubs4: | Derby County |
Caps4: | 5 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1913–1914 |
Nationalteam1: | England Amateurs |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Reginald Henry Callender (31 August 1892 – 5 October 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Derby County and Glossop as an outside left.[2] He represented the England amateur national team.[3]
Callender attended Fitzwilliam and St John's Colleges and was a Cambridge Blue. Prior to the First World War, he worked as a teacher.[4] On 4 December 1914, three months after the outbreak of the First World War, Callender was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry. He was deployed to France in August 1915 and was killed accidentally while explaining the mechanisms of a grenade in Nord on 5 October 1915.[5] He was buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentières.
Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Derby County | 1913–14[6] | First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Career total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |