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

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

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

Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup 3rd Div. Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Macclesfield 1927–28[4] Cheshire League 10000010
Stoke City 1932–33 Second Division 31000031
1933–34 First Division 00000000
Millwall 1934–35 Third Division South 1410010151
1935–36 Third Division South 1300000130
Southport 1937–38 Third Division North 2401010260
Career total 5521020582

Honours

Stoke City

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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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