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John Davenport Sheffield (1879 – 13 March 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Burton United and Leicester Fosse as an outside right.[1]

Jack Sheffield

Personal information
Full name	John Davenport Sheffield[1]
Date of birth	1879
Place of birth	Coalville, England
Date of death	13 March 1915 (aged 35–36)[2]
Place of death	Neuve-Chapelle, France[2]
Position(s)	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Coalville Albion
	Whitwick White Cross
	Coalville Town
	Coalville Wednesday
1902–1903	Burton United	12	(0)
	Coalville Town
1904–1905	Leicester Fosse	2	(0)
	Loughborough Corinthians
	Ibstock Albion
	Coalville Excelsior
	Ibstock Albion
	Coalville Wednesday
	Coalville Town
	Coalville Swifts
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Sheffield apprenticed as an architect and surveyor and as of 1911 was assisting his family in the running of the Railway Hotel, Coalville.[3][4] He served as a corporal in the Leicestershire Regiment (later the Royal Leicestershire Regiment) during the Second Boer War. He later rejoined the regiment soon after the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914.[5] On 13 March 1915, while serving with the 2nd Battalion of the regiment, Sheffield was shot in the head and killed by a sniper on the final day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.[5][6] He is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leicester Fosse	1904–05[7]	Second Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			2	0	0	0	2	0

References

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