Patrick Lavery

Patrick Lavery
Personal information
Full name Patrick Lavery[1]
Date of birth 1884
Place of birth Hebburn, England
Date of death 25 September 1915 (aged 3031)[2]
Place of death Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Playing position Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Gateshead Albion
1905–1906 Hull City 2 (0)
West Stanley
South Shields Athletic
Bedlington United
Coxlodge Villa
Pelaw
Marley Hill United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Patrick Lavery (1884 – 25 September 1915) was an English professional football outside left who played in the Football League for Hull City.[1]

Personal life

Lavery served as a private in the Highland Light Infantry during the First World War and was killed on the opening day of the Battle of Loos in September 1915.[3][4] He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 169. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. "Patrick Lavery - Service Record - Football and the First World War".
  4. Limited, Footymad. "In Remembrance - Hull City AFC - Hull City Mad". www.hullcity-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
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