Jack Sheffield (footballer)

John Davenport Sheffield (1879 – 13 March 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Burton United and Leicester Fosse as an outside right.[1]

Jack Sheffield
Personal information
Full name John Davenport Sheffield[1]
Date of birth 1879
Place of birth Coalville, England
Date of death 13 March 1915 (aged 35–36)[2]
Place of death Neuve-Chapelle, France[2]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Coalville Albion
Whitwick White Cross
Coalville Town
Coalville Wednesday
1902–1903 Burton United 12 (0)
Coalville Town
1904–1905 Leicester Fosse 2 (0)
Loughborough Corinthians
Ibstock Albion
Coalville Excelsior
Ibstock Albion
Coalville Wednesday
Coalville Town
Coalville Swifts
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Sheffield apprenticed as an architect and surveyor and as of 1911 was assisting his family in the running of the Railway Hotel, Coalville.[3][4] He served as a corporal in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment during the Second Boer War and later rejoined the regiment soon after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.[5] On 13 March 1915, Sheffield was shot in the head and killed by a sniper on the final day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.[5][6] He is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.[2]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester Fosse 1904–05[7] Second Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 2 0 0 0 2 0

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 262. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. "Have you a Tiger in your family?". Royal Leicestershire Regiment Online Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. Jack Sheffield on Lives of the First World War
  5. "Leicester Fosse & The First World War: Jack Sheffield". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  6. "Coalville soldier killed – Corpl. J. D. Sheffield". Coalville Times. 2 April 1915. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. "Jack Sheffield | Leicester City career stats". FoxesHistory. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.


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