Tommy Asnip

Thomas Asnip (18 February 1883 – 24 July 1918) was an English amateur football outside forward who played in the Football League for Lincoln City.[1][3]

Tommy Asnip
Personal information
Full name Thomas Asnip[1]
Date of birth (1883-02-18)18 February 1883
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 24 July 1918(1918-07-24) (aged 35)[2]
Place of death West Flanders, Belgium[2]
Playing position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
St Catherines (Lincoln)
1904 Lincoln City 1 (0)
Adelaide Park
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Asnip served in the Royal Lincolnshire and North Staffordshire Regiments during the First World War and was serving as a lance sergeant when he was killed in West Flanders on 24 July 1918.[4] He is buried in No. 10 Cemetery in Loker.[2]

Career statistics
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lincoln City 1904–05[5] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 1 0
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References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 12. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. Gary (20 November 2017). "World War One Imps". The Stacey West. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. "Thomas Asnip | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. Vickers, John. "The Lincoln City FC Archive". www.redimps.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2017.


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