Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Joseph Crabtree [1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 February 1895 [2] | ||
Place of birth | Clitheroe, England | ||
Date of death | 4 December 1965[2] | (aged 69)||
Place of death | Clitheroe, England [2] | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1911–1912 | Stonyhurst College | ||
1912–1913 | Clitheroe Amateurs | ||
1913–1919 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | (0) |
→ Preston North End (guest) | |||
1921–1923 | Rochdale | 58 | (2) |
1923–1924 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | (0) |
1929 | Colne Town | ||
International career | |||
1914 | England Amateurs | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Joseph Crabtree MC (15 February 1895 – 4 December 1965) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Rochdale, Blackburn Rovers and Accrington Stanley. [1] He was capped by England at amateur level and played one Football League match as an inside forward for Rochdale, [4] for whom he scored two goals. [5] Crabtree later served as a linesman in the Football League and as a referee in the Lancashire Combination. [6]
Crabtree attended Stonyhurst College. [6] On 5 September 1914, a month after the outbreak of the First World War, Crabtree enlisted as a private in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. [6] Just over a year later, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. [6] [7] Crabtree was wounded near Morval during the Battle of the Somme in September 1916 and saw further action at Arras and Passchendaele after his recovery. [6] He won a Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty" on 26 September 1917. [6] A month later, he was wounded for a second time and did not serve on the Western Front for the remainder of the war. [6] After being promoted to captain, Crabtree was posted briefly to Central Asia before leaving the army. [6]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rochdale | 1921–22 [8] | Third Division North | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 37 | 0 |
1922–23 [8] | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 [b] | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
Career total | 58 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 2 |
Blackburn Rovers
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | James Joseph Crabtree [1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 February 1895 [2] | ||
Place of birth | Clitheroe, England | ||
Date of death | 4 December 1965[2] | (aged 69)||
Place of death | Clitheroe, England [2] | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1911–1912 | Stonyhurst College | ||
1912–1913 | Clitheroe Amateurs | ||
1913–1919 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | (0) |
→ Preston North End (guest) | |||
1921–1923 | Rochdale | 58 | (2) |
1923–1924 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | (0) |
1929 | Colne Town | ||
International career | |||
1914 | England Amateurs | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Joseph Crabtree MC (15 February 1895 – 4 December 1965) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Rochdale, Blackburn Rovers and Accrington Stanley. [1] He was capped by England at amateur level and played one Football League match as an inside forward for Rochdale, [4] for whom he scored two goals. [5] Crabtree later served as a linesman in the Football League and as a referee in the Lancashire Combination. [6]
Crabtree attended Stonyhurst College. [6] On 5 September 1914, a month after the outbreak of the First World War, Crabtree enlisted as a private in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. [6] Just over a year later, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. [6] [7] Crabtree was wounded near Morval during the Battle of the Somme in September 1916 and saw further action at Arras and Passchendaele after his recovery. [6] He won a Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty" on 26 September 1917. [6] A month later, he was wounded for a second time and did not serve on the Western Front for the remainder of the war. [6] After being promoted to captain, Crabtree was posted briefly to Central Asia before leaving the army. [6]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rochdale | 1921–22 [8] | Third Division North | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 37 | 0 |
1922–23 [8] | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 [b] | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
Career total | 58 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 2 |
Blackburn Rovers