Douglas Hardcastle

Douglas Hardcastle
Personal information
Full name Douglas Scott Hardcastle[1]
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Worksop, England
Date of death 9 May 1915 (aged 29)[2]
Place of death Hainaut, Belgium[2]
Position Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Worksop Town
1905 Derby County 5 (1)
Worksop Town
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Douglas Scott Hardcastle (1886 – 9 May 1915) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Derby County.[1]

Personal life

Hardcastle worked as a stove grate patternmaker.[3] He served as an appointed lance corporal in the Sherwood Foresters during the First World War and was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 May 1915.[3][4] Hardcastle is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Derby County 1905–06[5] First Division 5 1 1 0 6 1
Career total 5 1 1 0 6 1

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 126. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 3 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Douglas Scott Hardcastle". www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Douglas Scott Hardcastle | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Douglas Scott Hardcastle". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.


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