Tom Haydock (Scottish footballer)

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Tom Haydock
Personal information
Full name Thomas Haydock[1]
Date of birth 24 July 1890[2]
Place of birth Bridgeton, Scotland[2]
Date of death 2 September 1918(1918-09-02) (aged 28)[3]
Place of death Bailleulval, France
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1916 Queen's Park 26 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Haydock (24 July 1890 – 2 September 1918) was a Scottish amateur football centre half who played in the Scottish Football League for Queen's Park.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Haydock was a graduate of Glasgow University and was a travelling salesman for the Clydevale Oil & Colour Company, Bridgeton.[5] In September 1914, one month after the outbreak of the First World War, Haydock enlisted in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.[6] In January 1915, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).[6] Haydock saw action at Gallipoli and Palestine, before being seriously wounded during an attack on Umbrella Hill during the Third Battle of Gaza on 1 November 1917.[5] He did not return to his battalion until August 1918, after it had been deployed on the Western Front.[5] Haydock was wounded during an attack on the Hindenburg Line, west of Quéant on 2 September 1918 and died the same day at a Casualty Clearing Station in Bailleulval.[5] He was buried in Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval.[3]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Queen's Park 1913–14[4] Scottish First Division 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
1914–15[4] 16 0 — 1[a] 0 17 0
1915–16[4] 9 0 — 1[b] 0 10 0
Career total 26 0 0 0 3 0 29 0
  1. ^ a b Appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Glasgow Cup

References[edit]

  1. ^ "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1918–1919" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b McCrossan, Frank. "QUEEN'S PARK AND THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918 – THE NINE QUEEN'S PARK MEN WHO DIED IN 1918, AS AT MAY 2018" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d "Queen's Park Counts the Cost – Gallipoli and The Eastern Mediterranean" (PDF). pp. 5–7. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Thomas Haydock | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 19 September 2016.


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