John Harkins (footballer)

John Anderson Harkins (10 April 1881 – 22 April 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leeds City and Middlesbrough.[2][3][4]

John Harkins
Personal information
Full name John Anderson Harkins[1]
Date of birth 10 April 1881
Place of birth Milton, Scotland
Date of death 22 April 1916(1916-04-22) (aged 35)[1]
Place of death Amarah, Ottoman Iraq
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Black Watch
1906–1908 Middlesbrough 39 (0)
1908–1909 Broxburn Athletic
1909–1910 Bathgate
1910–1912 Leeds City 63 (0)
1912–1914 Darlington
1914–1915 Coventry City 18 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Harkins enlisted in the Black Watch in June 1898 and was bought out of the army by Middlesbrough in September 1906.[5][6] Soon after Britain's entry into the First World War in August 1914, Harkins re-enlisted in the Black Watch.[2] He was serving as an acting corporal when he was killed in action near Amarah, Iraq on 22 April 1916.[5] He was buried in Amara War Cemetery.[1]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 1906–07[3] First Division 30 0 2 0 32 0
1907–08[3] 9 0 0 0 9 0
Total 39 0 2 0 41 0
Leeds City 1910–11[7] Second Division 31 0 1 0 32 0
1911–12[7] 32 0 2 0 34 0
Total 63 0 3 0 66 0
Coventry City 1914–15[3] Southern League Second Division 18 1 0 0 18 1
Career total 120 1 5 0 125 1

References
  1. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. "John Harkins". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. "The Definitive History of Leeds United – Players – John Harkins 1910–12". www.mightyleeds.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. "John Anderson Harkins | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  6. Hornby, Mark. "Coventry City remembers the former players who served during the First World War". Coventry City. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  7. "Leeds United F.C. History". www.ozwhitelufc.net.au. Retrieved 8 June 2017.


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