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English footballer

Dick Wynn
Personal information
Full name Richard Cross Wynn
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Walton, England
Date of death 9 August 1919 (aged 26–27)
Place of death Étaples, France
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1910–1911 Sterling
1911–1913 Everton
1912–1913 → Chester (loan)
1914–1915 Middlesbrough 7 (1)
1915–1918 → Brentford (guest) 22 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Cross Wynn (1892 – 9 August 1919) was an English professional footballer who appeared in the Football League for Middlesbrough as an outside left. He guested for Brentford during the First World War.

Personal life

Wynn served as a sergeant in the Yorkshire Regiment during the First World War and together with his brother Robert, he arrived on the Western Front in June 1916. In February 1919, three months after the armistice, he was transferred to the Labour Corps. Wynn died in August 1919, following an operation on injuries received in an accident. He was buried in Étaples Military Cemetery.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 1913–14 First Division 2 1 0 0 2 1
1914–15 5 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 7 1 0 0 7 1

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 321. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Boro Remember Fallen Heroes". www.mfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  4. Bees Review: Brentford Official Matchday Programme vs Hull City. Milton Keynes: Regal Sports Press. 3 November 2015. p. 67.
  5. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–365. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. ^ "The Fallen of Everton Football Club & Everton de Viña del Mar, Chile" (PDF). p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. "The Yorkshire Regiment War Graves". www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Richard Wynn". 11v11.com. Retrieved 1 June 2017.


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