John_Costello_(English_footballer)
John Costello (English footballer)
English footballer (1890–1915)
John Castelli, known as Costello (15 May 1890 – 24 June 1915) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop as a right back.[5]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Castelli[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1890-05-15)15 May 1890[2] | ||
Place of birth | Blackley, England | ||
Date of death | 24 June 1915(1915-06-24) (aged 25)[3] | ||
Place of death | HMHS Soudan, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Altrincham | |||
1911 | Rochdale | 1 | (0) |
Longfield | |||
1913–1914 | Glossop | 7 | (0) |
Stockport County | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Costello worked as a warehouseman.[4] On 30 September 1914, a month after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the Plymouth Battalion,[2] 63rd (Royal Naval) Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry.[6] He held the rank of sergeant and was shot in the right ankle at Gallipoli on 12 June 1915.[2][6] Evacuated to the hospital ship HMHS Soudan, Costello died of wounds on 24 June 1915.[2][6] He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.[3]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Glossop | 1913–14[7] | Second Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Career total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
- "Remembering Our Former Players Who Lost Their Lives During WW1 This Armistice Day". Rochdale AFC. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- "Name Costello, John Register Number: 428 Division: Royal Marine Light...". National Archives. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 66. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- "John Costello | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- John Costello at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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