Reg Callender

Reg Callender
Personal information
Full name Reginald Henry Callender[1]
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Stockton-on-Tees, England
Date of death 5 October 1915 (aged 2223)[2]
Place of death Nord, France[2]
Playing position Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
St John's College
Stockton
1912 Glossop 1 (0)
1913 Derby County 5 (0)
National team
1913–1914 England Amateurs 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Reginald Henry "Reg" Callender (1892 – 5 October 1915) was an English amateur football outside left who played in the Football League for Derby County and Glossop.[1] He represented the England amateur national team.[3]

Personal life

Callender was a Cambridge Blue.[4] He served as a second lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry during the First World War and died from wounds suffered from an accident with a grenade in France on 5 October 1915.[2] He was buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentières.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 50. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  3. "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  4. "Anton Rippon's column: Should Derby County honour players who served in wars". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
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