Henry Salmon

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Henry Salmon
Personal information
Full name Henry Salmon[1]
Date of birth (1910-03-14)14 March 1910[1]
Place of birth Fenton, Staffordshire, England[1]
Date of death 30 July 1944(1944-07-30) (aged 34)[1]
Place of death Caen, France[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Stoke St Peter's
Longton Hall
1928 Macclesfield 1 (0)
1932–1933 Stoke City 3 (1)
1933–1934 Millwall 27 (1)
1934–1935 Wellington Town
1936–1937 Southport 24 (0)
Shrewsbury Town
Total 55 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Salmon (14 March 1910 – 30 July 1944) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Millwall, Southport, and Stoke City.[1]

Career[edit]

Salmon was born in Fenton and played with local clubs Stoke St Peter's, Longton Hall and Macclesfield Town before joining Stoke City in 1932.[1] He played three matches for Stoke scoring once in a 4–0 win against Oldham Athletic in the 1932–33 season as Stoke won the Second Division title.[1] He left at the end of the season for London club Millwall and suffered relegation.[1] He returned north to play for Wellington Town, Southport and Shrewsbury Town.[1]

Later life[edit]

Salmon served in World War II, being killed in action in the battle for Caen during the Normandy campaign on 30 July 1944, aged 34, and was buried at Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery (section II.C18), Tessel, Calvados, France. Then a sergeant in the 1/7th battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he left a wife, Doris. He is commemorated as 'Harry Salmon' by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[2]

Career statistics[edit]

Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup 3rd Div. Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Macclesfield 1927–28[4] Cheshire League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Stoke City 1932–33 Second Division 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
1933–34 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Millwall 1934–35 Third Division South 14 1 0 0 1 0 15 1
1935–36 Third Division South 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Southport 1937–38 Third Division North 24 0 1 0 1 0 26 0
Career total 55 2 1 0 2 0 58 2

Honours[edit]

Stoke City

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ "Casualty Details | CWGC".
  3. ^ Henry Salmon at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ "Cheshire League - 1927-28". Silkmen Archive.
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