Personal information | |||
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Full name | Percy Cyril Lynsdale | ||
Date of birth | 1 July 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
Date of death | 1997 (aged 68–69) | ||
Place of death | Chorley, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1948 | Baghdad College | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1948–1950 | Sharikat Naft Al-Basra | ||
1950–1951 | Al-Mina'a | ||
International career | |||
1951 | Iraq | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Percy Cyril Lynsdale ( Arabic: بيرسي لينزديل; 1 July 1928—1997) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a forward.
Born in Iraq to an Iraqi mother and a British father, Lynsdale was one of the first players to play for the Iraq national team. He played for Sharikat Naft Al-Basra and Al-Minaa at club level, before moving to England in 1951.
Lynsdale's roots lie in South London, then Surrey; one of his ancestors settled in India after joining the British Army in 1797. [1] One hundred years later, Lynsdale's father Cyril was born; he moved to Baghdad, Iraq shortly after World War I, and married an Iraqi woman, gaining Iraqi citizenship. [1]
Born in Baghdad, Lynsdale lived for a period in Mosul due to his father's job in the Iraqi Railway company. [1] In the early 1940s, Lynsdale studied at the Jesuit Baghdad College, and played football in the schoolyard. [1] He eventually became part of the college's first football team, captaining them in his first senior year. [1]
After graduating in 1948, Lynsdale and his family moved to the British community of Maqil, near Basra. Lynsdale found work as a clerk for the Basra Petroleum Company (B.P.C.). [2]
While working for the B.P.C., Lynsdale played for their football team in the Basra League as an inside left. [1] He joined Al-Mina'a in 1950. [3]
In April 1951, Lynsdale played for the first Iraq national football team. [4] [5] He was called by coach Dhia Habib to play in the team's international friendly, [4] against Turkey B in Turkey on 6 May 1951, which ended 7–0 for Turkey B. [4] [5]
After the national team returned to Baghdad in 1951, Lynsdale and his international teammate Saeed Easho left to study abroad, and never returned to Iraq. [2] Lynsdale studied in Norwich, England, becoming a self-employed trader. [1] He played Sunday league football in Manchester. [1]
Lynsdale died in Chorley, in 1997. [6]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Percy Cyril Lynsdale | ||
Date of birth | 1 July 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
Date of death | 1997 (aged 68–69) | ||
Place of death | Chorley, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1948 | Baghdad College | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1948–1950 | Sharikat Naft Al-Basra | ||
1950–1951 | Al-Mina'a | ||
International career | |||
1951 | Iraq | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Percy Cyril Lynsdale ( Arabic: بيرسي لينزديل; 1 July 1928—1997) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a forward.
Born in Iraq to an Iraqi mother and a British father, Lynsdale was one of the first players to play for the Iraq national team. He played for Sharikat Naft Al-Basra and Al-Minaa at club level, before moving to England in 1951.
Lynsdale's roots lie in South London, then Surrey; one of his ancestors settled in India after joining the British Army in 1797. [1] One hundred years later, Lynsdale's father Cyril was born; he moved to Baghdad, Iraq shortly after World War I, and married an Iraqi woman, gaining Iraqi citizenship. [1]
Born in Baghdad, Lynsdale lived for a period in Mosul due to his father's job in the Iraqi Railway company. [1] In the early 1940s, Lynsdale studied at the Jesuit Baghdad College, and played football in the schoolyard. [1] He eventually became part of the college's first football team, captaining them in his first senior year. [1]
After graduating in 1948, Lynsdale and his family moved to the British community of Maqil, near Basra. Lynsdale found work as a clerk for the Basra Petroleum Company (B.P.C.). [2]
While working for the B.P.C., Lynsdale played for their football team in the Basra League as an inside left. [1] He joined Al-Mina'a in 1950. [3]
In April 1951, Lynsdale played for the first Iraq national football team. [4] [5] He was called by coach Dhia Habib to play in the team's international friendly, [4] against Turkey B in Turkey on 6 May 1951, which ended 7–0 for Turkey B. [4] [5]
After the national team returned to Baghdad in 1951, Lynsdale and his international teammate Saeed Easho left to study abroad, and never returned to Iraq. [2] Lynsdale studied in Norwich, England, becoming a self-employed trader. [1] He played Sunday league football in Manchester. [1]
Lynsdale died in Chorley, in 1997. [6]
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