Harry Fletcher (Scottish footballer)

Harry Fletcher
Personal information
Full name Harry Middleton Fletcher[1]
Date of birth 11 May 1878
Place of birth Beith, Scotland
Date of death 7 June 1917(1917-06-07) (aged 39)[2]
Place of death West Flanders, Belgium
Playing position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1909 Queen's Park 20 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Harry Middleton Fletcher (11 May 1878 – 7 June 1917) was a Scottish amateur football full back who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1]

Personal life

Fletcher served as a second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War and was killed near Ypres, Belgium on 7 June 1917.[2] He was buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Cemetery.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  2. 1 2 3 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
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