Larrett Roebuck

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Larrett Roebuck
Personnel
birthday January 27, 1889
place of birth Jump ,  England
date of death October 18, 1914
Place of death near Beaucamps-Ligny ,  France
position Defender (left)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1912-1913 Silverwood Colliery
1913-1914 Huddersfield Town 17 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Larrett Roebuck (born January 27, 1889 in Jump , † October 18, 1914 in Beaucamps-Ligny ) was an English football player .

Career

Roebuck was born in a village near Barnsley and at the 1901 census the family lived in Rotherham . His father died in 1902 and Roebuck was soon working in the region's mining industry. In September 1904, he was sentenced to one month in prison for stealing a watch; In court, the 15-year-old stated his age at 17. After serving his sentence, Roebuck enrolled in Pontefract in the York and Lancaster Regiment in November 1904 , providing false information about both his age and previous prison sentences. Roebuck served the next seven years in the British Army , and was also active in football. From October 1906 to December 1907 he was stationed in India , from the end of 1907 in Limerick, Ireland . In late 1907 he was also promoted to Lance Corporal , a position he lost again in 1910 because of "misconduct". In May 1912 he was discharged from active military service and from then on belonged to the reserve.

Roebuck, now married and father of four, went back to South Yorkshire and probably worked in the Silverwood Colliery and played for the local soccer team. In March 1913 he won the Rotherham Charity Cup with the team with a 5-1 victory over King's Head . The achievements of the mining team did not go unnoticed by the professional club Huddersfield Town and at the end of March 1913 Huddersfield coach Arthur Fairclough signed three players from Silverwood: in addition to Roebuck, these were half-forward Sam Taylor and right runner Harry Linley .

After an injury to Fred Bullock , Roebuck came for the first time on January 3, 1914 against Fulham FC as a left defender in a game in the Football League Second Division and kept his place on the team until the end of the season. With his participation, he achieved ten league victories, but the team had only won three times in the first 21 games of the season, and the table position improved from 18th to 13th. In addition to 17 league appearances, Roebuck also made two appearances in the FA Cup , including the second round at FC Birmingham in front of 40,000 spectators. For the 1914/15 season he was hired by Huddersfield, but the outbreak of World War I led to the immediate drafting of the reservist in August 1914 .

As early as September 9, 1914, he arrived aboard the SS Minneapolis as part of the British Expeditionary Force in Saint-Nazaire and was reappointed Lance Corporal. His unit reached the front at Vailly-sur-Aisne on September 20, 1914 . During the " Race to the Sea " he was missing after fighting on October 18, 1914 near Beaucamps-Ligny . His death was later confirmed by comrades; in January 1916 he was also officially declared dead. His body was never found, his name can be found on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing , he was the first player in the Football League to be killed in the First World War.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d westernfrontassociation.com: The first footballer killed in 1914: Larrett Roebuck of Huddersfield Town , accessed on September 2, 2019
  2. ↑ a b FOOTBALLER'S FATE. . In: Leeds Mercury , January 26, 1916, p. 4.  (link with costs)
  3. ^ Silverwood Colliery. . In: Star Green 'un , August 24, 1912, p. 3.  (link subject to charge)
  4. ↑ ROTHERHAM CHARITY CUP. . In: Star Green 'un , March 22, 1913, p. 7.  (link subject to charge)
  5. ↑ NEW PLAYERS FOR HUDDERSFIELD. . In: Sheffield Daily Telegraph , March 29, 1913, p. 10.  (paid link)
  6. ^ Garth Dykes: Huddersfield Town Who's Who 1909 to 1961 . Tony Brown, Nottingham 2015, ISBN 978-1-905891-86-3 , pp. 102 .
  7. ↑ George Binns, Alan Hodgson, Gwen & Ian Thomas: 100 years All That's Worth Knowing . Huddersfield Town Football Club, Huddersfield 2009, ISBN 978-0-9557281-1-2 , pp. 35 .
  8. ↑ FOOTBALL. PRACTICE GAMES AT FARTOWN AND LEEDS ROAD. . In: Huddersfield Daily Examiner , August 21, 1914, p. 4.  (paid link)
  9. ↑ footballandthefirstworldwar.org: Larrett Roebuck | Service Record , accessed September 2, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Roebuck, Larrett
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Jump
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1914
Place of death at Beaucamps-Ligny