Joe Carr (English footballer)

Joseph Carr (Q1 1919 – 31 May 1940) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Sheffield United.[1]

Joe Carr

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Carr
Date of birth	Q1 1919[1]
Place of birth	Sheffield, England[1]
Date of death	31 May 1940 (aged 21)[2]
Place of death	Dunkirk, France
Position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1937–1940	Sheffield United	30	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

On 16 October 1939, a month-and-a-half after the outbreak of the Second World War, Carr attested in the British Army.[3] Serving as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, he was killed during the Battle of Dunkirk on 31 May 1940.[2][4] He is buried at the Oostduinkerke War Cemetery.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sheffield United	1937–38	Second Division[1]	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1938–39		24	0	4	0	26	0
	1939–40	First Division[1]	3	0	0	0	3	0
Career total			29	0	4	0	33	0

References

1. Joe Carr at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
2. "Casualty Details: Joseph Carr". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
3. "Footballer Killed in Action". Gloucester Citizen. 7 June 1940. Retrieved 23 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 118. ISBN 978 0 7524 7188 4.