Walter Sidebottom

Walter Sidebottom
Personal information
Date of birth	2 February 1921
Place of birth	Hunslet, England
Date of death	23 October 1943 (aged 22)
Place of death	HMS Charybdis, English Channel
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1938–1941	Bolton Wanderers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Sidebottom (1 February 1921 – 23 October 1943) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers.^[1]

Personal life

Sidebottom served as an able seaman in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.^[2] Posted aboard HMS Charybdis, he was killed in action when the ship was sunk by German torpedo-boat destroyers at the Battle of Sept-Îles on 23 October 1943.^[3] Sidebottom is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.^[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bolton Wanderers	1938–39^[1]	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			1	0	0	0	1	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Walter Sidebottom at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b "Casualty Details: Walter Sidebottom". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.

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[ENFA-1] Walter Sidebottom at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

[CWGC-2] "Casualty Details: Walter Sidebottom". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[GMFGP-3] Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.

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