Harrison Eke
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | February 1888[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Oakington, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 30 April 1917 (aged 29) | ||
| Place of death | Bexleyheath, England | ||
| Position(s) | Inside-right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| St. Mary's Cray | |||
| 1913 | Southampton | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Harrison Eke (February 1888 – 30 April 1917) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside-right in the Southern Football League for Southampton.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Eke worked as a milkhand.[1] On 21 September 1914, a month after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers.[2] Serving as a private, Eke contracted tuberculosis during service and was medically discharged on 7 June 1916.[2] He died of the disease on 30 April 1917 in Bexleyheath and was buried in Bexleyheath Cemetery.[1][2][3]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Southampton | 1913–14[1] | Southern League First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Harrison Eke". SaintsPlayers. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ a b c McMullen, Iain. "Harrison Eke | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Casualty Details: H Eke". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
External links
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- 1888 births
- 1917 deaths
- Burials in England
- Military personnel from Cambridgeshire
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- People from Oakington
- Men's association football inside forwards
- English men's footballers
- Southern Football League players
- Southampton F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Fusiliers soldiers
- 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis deaths in England
- Footballers from Cambridgeshire
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs