Cyril George Northam (4 October 1894 – 21 January 1981) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Wrexham as an outside right.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cyril George Northam[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1894 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 January 1981 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1914 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
| Dulwich Hamlet | |||
| Wrexham | |||
| Connah's Quay & Shotton | |||
| Dulwich Hamlet | |||
| 1921 | Wrexham | 16 | (4) |
| Connah's Quay & Shotton | |||
| Whitchurch | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
As of 1911, Northam was working as a merchant's clerk.[2] Northam served as a private in the London Regiment during the First World War and was commissioned as a second lieutenant and attached to the Royal Scots in September 1916.[2][3] His younger brother Arthur also served in the London Regiment and was killed in France on 23 May 1917.[4][5] Northam served again in the Second World War, as lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.[6] He remained in the army after the war and rose to the rank of honorary major, before moving back down to second lieutenant on 25 April 1952.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 219. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b Cyril Northam on Lives of the First World War
- ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 19 October 1916. 10071" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Arthur Reginald Northam". Southampton Cenotaph. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Arthur Reginald Northam". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 7 June 1940. 3421" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 15 February 1949" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 6 June 1952. 3115" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2018.
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