Stuart Doncaster
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stuart Richard Doncaster[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1890[2] | ||
Place of birth | West Burton, England | ||
Date of death | 1955[3] | (aged 65)||
Place of death | Derbyshire, England[4] | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Buxton | |||
Stourbridge | |||
1912–1913 | Aston Villa | 2 | (1) |
1913 | Glossop | 15 | (7) |
Matlock Town | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stuart Richard Doncaster (1 September 1890 – 1955) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Glossop and Aston Villa.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Doncaster enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in September 1908 and was still a private in the regiment when the First World War broke out in 1914.[1] He was posted to the Western Front in August 1914 and due to a gunshot wound to the hand, he was discharged as "being no longer physically fit for war service" in July 1915.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aston Villa | 1912–13[5] | First Division | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Career total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Stuart Richard Doncaster | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ Stuart Doncaster at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 83. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Doncaster, Stuart". Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Stuart Doncaster". 11v11.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
Categories:
- 1890 births
- 1955 deaths
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Glossop North End A.F.C. players
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from Nottinghamshire
- Buxton F.C. players
- Stourbridge F.C. players
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Matlock Town F.C. players
- Coldstream Guards soldiers
- British shooting survivors
- Military personnel from Nottinghamshire
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football forward, 1890s birth stubs