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Football team of prisoners of war from Germany who worked on Kurbatovs furniture factory in Tsivilsk, Russian Empire. When World War I was declared in 1914, it had a negative effect on association football; in some countries competitions were suspended and players signed up to fight, resulting in the deaths of many players.
Chet Wetterlund [13] 26 1944 Halfback Detroit Lions: 1942 Navy Died when a training flight crashed. Waddy Young [14] 28 1945 End Brooklyn Dodgers: 1940 Air Force Died in a mid-air collision with a damaged B-29 he was trying to protect.
13 10 49 39 1.256 43 6 Sheffield United: 38 15 13 10 49 41 1.195 43 7 The Wednesday: 38 15 13 10 61 54 1.130 43 8 Sunderland: 38 18 5 15 81 72 1.125 41 9 Bradford Park Avenue: 38 17 7 14 69 65 1.062 41 10 West Bromwich Albion: 38 15 10 13 49 43 1.140 40 11 Bradford City: 38 13 14 11 55 49 1.122 40 12 Middlesbrough: 38 13 12 13 62 74 0.838 38 13 ...
13 49 43 1.140 40 11 Bradford City: 38 13 14 11 55 49 1.122 40 12 Middlesbrough: 38 13 12 13 62 74 0.838 38 13 Liverpool: 38 14 9 15 65 75 0.867 37 14 Aston Villa: 38 13 11 14 62 72 0.861 37 15 Newcastle United: 38 11 10 17 46 48 0.958 32 16 Notts County: 38 9 13 16 41 57 0.719 31 17 Bolton Wanderers: 38 11 8 19 68 84 0.810 30 18 Manchester ...
Australian Football on the Western Front World War 1 H85.55/160/88 State Library Victoria. Pick up games of Australian Rules football were popular amongst the Australian soldiers in World War 1. Private Victor Laidlaw describes one such match between his 2nd Field Ambulance and the Light Horse in Cairo in January 1915:
What is now the United States Soccer Federation was originally the U.S. Football Association, formed in 1913 by the merger of the American Football Association and the American Amateur Football Association. The governing body of the sport in the U.S. did not have the word soccer in its name until 1945, when it became the U.S. Soccer Football ...
This may have been the most common method of arranging informal truces in 1914. [13] Men would frequently exchange news or greetings, helped by a common language; many German soldiers had lived in England, particularly London, and were familiar with the language and the society.
When counting Jackie's wartime matches, he scored a total of 238 professional goals for Newcastle United FC. [19] In May 2005, Alan Shearer finished his career at 206 goals. He has since been defined as the club's highest ever goal scorer. [29] The wartime league's exclusion from Jackie's United record sees him taken down to 200 goals.