Full name Thomas Henry Codd Place of birth Grimsby, England Years Team Died 1961 | Date of birth 1890 Date of death 1961 (aged 70–71) Team Apps | |
Thomas Henry "Tommy" Codd (1890–1961) was an English professional football outside left who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse.
Personal life
Codd enlisted in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War. In June 1916, Codd was hit by shrapnel in the left eye at Vimy Ridge and suffering from severe shell shock, was carried two miles back to safety under heavy fire by fellow footballer Arthur Mounteney. Codd lost the eye.
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