Ernest Ellis
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ernest Edgar Ellis[1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 November 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Sprowston, England | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.[2] | ||
Place of death | Somme, France[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Norwich City | |||
Doncaster Rovers | |||
1909 | Barnsley | 4 | (0) |
1912–1914 | Hartlepools United | 74 | (0) |
1914 | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ernest Edgar Ellis (30 November 1885–1 July 1916) was an English professional football right back who played in the Football League for Barnsley.[1]
Personal life
Ellis was a bootmaker by trade.[3] He served as a private in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War and was killed on the first day on the Somme.[4] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[2]
References
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- 1885 births
- 1916 deaths
- People from Norwich
- English footballers
- The Football League players
- Association football fullbacks
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Scots soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Barnsley F.C. players
- Hartlepool United F.C. players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Midland Football League players
- Shoemakers
- English football defender, 1880s birth stubs