Cyril Northam

Cyril Northam
Personal information
Full name Cyril George Northam
Date of birth 4 October 1894
Place of birth Hendon, England
Date of death 21 January 1981(1981-01-21) (aged 86)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1914 Brentford 0 (0)
Dulwich Hamlet
1920 Wrexham 0 (0)
Connah's Quay & Shotton
Dulwich Hamlet
1922 Wrexham 16 (4)
Connah's Quay & Shotton
Whitchurch
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril George Northam (4 October 1894 – 21 January 1981) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Wrexham as an outside right.

Personal life

As of 1911, Northam was working as a merchant's clerk. Northam served as a private in the London Regiment during the First World War and was commissioned as a second lieutenant and attached to the Royal Scots in September 1916. His younger brother Arthur also served in the London Regiment and was killed in France on 23 May 1917. Northam served again in the Second World War, as lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. He remained in the army after the war and rose to the rank of honorary major, before moving back down to second lieutenant on 25 April 1952.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wrexham 1921–22 Third Division North 16 4 ― 16 4
Career total 16 10 4 0 16 4

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 219. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Cyril Northam | Player Statistics". Wrexham AFC Archive. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b Cyril Northam on Lives of the First World War
  4. ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 19 October 1916. 10071" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Arthur Reginald Northam". Southampton Cenotaph. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Casualty Details: Arthur Reginald Northam". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 7 June 1940. 3421" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 15 February 1949" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Supplement To The London Gazette, 6 June 1952. 3115" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2018.


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