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Douglas Hardcastle

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Date of birth
  
1886

Date of death
  
9 May 1915 (aged 29)

Years
  
Team

Place of birth
  
Worksop, England

Place of death
  
Hainaut, Belgium

Playing position
  
Inside forward

Full name
  
Douglas Scott Hardcastle

Died
  
9 May 1915, Hainaut, Belgium

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

Personal life

Hardcastle worked as a stove grate pattern maker. He served as a lance corporal in the Sherwood Foresters during the First World War and died on the Western Front on 9 May 1915. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.

References

Douglas Hardcastle Wikipedia