| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Kimberley [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Aston, England | ||
| Date of death | 22 April 1917 (aged 32) [2] | ||
| Place of death | Aston, England [3] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back, right half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gower Street School | |||
| Gravelly Hill Schools | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
| Tower Unity | |||
| Selly Oak St Mary's | |||
| Coldstream Guards | |||
| Aston Manor | |||
| 1906–1912 | Aston Villa | 7 | (0) |
| 1912–1914 | Coventry City | 21 | (2) |
| 1914 | Walsall | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walter Kimberley (28 September 1884 – 22 April 1917) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa as a left back and right half. [1]
As of 1901 and 1904, Kimberley worked as an engraver and a packer respectively. [4] While playing for Coventry City, Kimberley worked at the Coventry Ordnance Works. [5] An army reservist since 1904, [4] Kimberley rejoined the Coldstream Guards in August 1914, after Britain's entry into the First World War and was appointed lance corporal. [4] The following month, he was captured by the Germans at Maubeuge during the First Battle of the Marne and spent two years as a prisoner of war in camps at Döberitz, Dyrotz and Cottbus. [6] [7] Beginning with a six-month stay in hospital with laryngitis and bronchitis, Kimberley's health declined during his internment and he was repatriated to Britain in August 1916 with pulmonary tuberculosis. [7] He was immediately discharged from the army and fell into severe ill heath, permanently losing his voice and dying at home in Aston on 22 April 1917. [3] Kimberley was buried in Witton Cemetery, Birmingham. [2] He was married and had two children, one of whom died in infancy. [4]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aston Villa | 1907–08 [8] | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1908–09 [8] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Coventry City | 1912–13 [8] | Southern League First Division | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 1913–14 [8] | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 164. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Walter Kimberley – Aston Villa and Coventry City". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Coventry City Footballer Walter Kimberley, and World War One". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ Nowell, Charles (7 September 2012). City of Coventry Roll of the Fallen: The Great War 1914–1918. Andrews UK Limited. p. 188. ISBN 9781781509654.
- ^ "Walter Kimberley Gets Taken Prisoner in World War One". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Walter Kimberley's World War One Prisoner Experience, and Beyond". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Walter Kimberley". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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- 1884 births
- 1917 deaths
- Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Coldstream Guards soldiers
- World War I prisoners of war held by Germany
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Tuberculosis deaths in England
- 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- British World War I prisoners of war
- Military personnel from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Burials in West Midlands (region)
- English football defender, 1880s birth stubs
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Kimberley [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Aston, England | ||
| Date of death | 22 April 1917 (aged 32) [2] | ||
| Place of death | Aston, England [3] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back, right half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gower Street School | |||
| Gravelly Hill Schools | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
| Tower Unity | |||
| Selly Oak St Mary's | |||
| Coldstream Guards | |||
| Aston Manor | |||
| 1906–1912 | Aston Villa | 7 | (0) |
| 1912–1914 | Coventry City | 21 | (2) |
| 1914 | Walsall | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walter Kimberley (28 September 1884 – 22 April 1917) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa as a left back and right half. [1]
As of 1901 and 1904, Kimberley worked as an engraver and a packer respectively. [4] While playing for Coventry City, Kimberley worked at the Coventry Ordnance Works. [5] An army reservist since 1904, [4] Kimberley rejoined the Coldstream Guards in August 1914, after Britain's entry into the First World War and was appointed lance corporal. [4] The following month, he was captured by the Germans at Maubeuge during the First Battle of the Marne and spent two years as a prisoner of war in camps at Döberitz, Dyrotz and Cottbus. [6] [7] Beginning with a six-month stay in hospital with laryngitis and bronchitis, Kimberley's health declined during his internment and he was repatriated to Britain in August 1916 with pulmonary tuberculosis. [7] He was immediately discharged from the army and fell into severe ill heath, permanently losing his voice and dying at home in Aston on 22 April 1917. [3] Kimberley was buried in Witton Cemetery, Birmingham. [2] He was married and had two children, one of whom died in infancy. [4]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aston Villa | 1907–08 [8] | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1908–09 [8] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Coventry City | 1912–13 [8] | Southern League First Division | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 1913–14 [8] | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 164. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Walter Kimberley – Aston Villa and Coventry City". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Coventry City Footballer Walter Kimberley, and World War One". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ Nowell, Charles (7 September 2012). City of Coventry Roll of the Fallen: The Great War 1914–1918. Andrews UK Limited. p. 188. ISBN 9781781509654.
- ^ "Walter Kimberley Gets Taken Prisoner in World War One". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Walter Kimberley's World War One Prisoner Experience, and Beyond". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Walter Kimberley". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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| This biographical article related to association football in England, about a defender born in the 1880s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1884 births
- 1917 deaths
- Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Coldstream Guards soldiers
- World War I prisoners of war held by Germany
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Tuberculosis deaths in England
- 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- British World War I prisoners of war
- Military personnel from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Burials in West Midlands (region)
- English football defender, 1880s birth stubs