| Intro | South African association football player | |||||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From | South Africa | |||||
| Type | Sports | |||||
| Gender | male | |||||
| Birth | 1879, Coalville, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, United Kingdom | |||||
| Death |
1915, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France (aged 36 years) |
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John Davenport “Jack” Sheffield (1879 – 13 March 1915) was an English amateur football outside right who played in the Football League for Burton United and Leicester Fosse.
Personal life
Sheffield apprenticed as an architect and surveyor and as of 1911 was assisting his family in the running of the Railway Hotel, Coalville. He volunteered to serve in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment during the Second Boer War and later rejoined the regiment soon after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Sheffield was killed on the final day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on 13 March 1915 and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leicester Fosse | 1904–05 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||