Reg Callender

Reginald Henry Callender (31 August 1892 – 5 October 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Derby County and Glossop as an outside left.[1] He represented the England amateur national team.[5]

Reg Callender
Personal information
Full name Reginald Henry Callender[1]
Date of birth 31 August 1892[2]
Place of birth Bishopton, England[3]
Date of death 5 October 1915(1915-10-05) (aged 23)[4]
Place of death Nord, France
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
St John's College
Stockton
1912 Glossop 1 (0)
1913–1914 Derby County 5 (0)
International career
1913–1914 England Amateurs 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Callender attended Fitzwilliam and St John's Colleges and was a Cambridge Blue.[2] Prior to the First World War, he worked as a teacher.[2] On 4 December 1914, three months after the outbreak of the First World War, Callender was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry.[6] He was deployed to France in August 1915 and was killed accidentally while explaining the mechanisms of a grenade in Nord on 5 October 1915.[2][7] He was buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentières.[4]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Derby County 1913–14[8] First Division 5 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 5 0 0 0 5 0

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 50. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. "North East War Memorials Project – Every Name A Story Content". www.newmp.org.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. "Reginald Henry Callender | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  5. "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  6. "No. 28998". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 December 1914. p. 10417.
  7. "Roll of Honour 1910s" (PDF). joh.cam.ac.uk. pp. 122–123. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  8. "Reginald Henry Callender". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.


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