Walter Kimberley
| 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] | ||
| Playing position | 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 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Walter Kimberley (28 September 1884 – 22 April 1917) was an English professional football left back and right half who played in the Football League for Aston Villa.[1]
Personal life
While playing for Coventry City, Kimberley worked at the Coventry Ordnance Works.[4] An army reservist, Kimberley rejoined the Coldstream Guards as a lance corporal in August 1914, during the opening months of the First World War.[3] The following month, he was captured by the Germans during the First Battle of the Marne and spent two years as a prisoner of war, before being repatriated to Britain in August 1916 with pulmonary tuberculosis.[3] Kimberley 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] He was buried in Witton Cemetery, Birmingham.[2]
References
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 164. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- 1 2 3 4 "Walter Kimberley - Aston Villa and Coventry City". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ↑ Nowell, Charles (2012-09-07). City of Coventry Roll of the Fallen: The Great War 1914-1918. Andrews UK Limited. p. 188. ISBN 9781781509654.