Harry Iremonger

Harry Iremonger

Personal information
Full name	Harold Iremonger[1]
Date of birth	1894
Place of birth	Wilford, England
Date of death	1957 (aged 62–63)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1914–1919	Nottingham Forest	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harold Iremonger (1894–1957) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.^[1]

Personal life

Iremonger's older brothers James and Albert were also sportsmen.^[2] On 16 December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the First World War and the day after the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment was established, Iremonger and Nottingham Forest teammates Tommy Gibson and Joe Mercer travelled down to London to enlist.^[3] He served as a private and ended the war in the Royal Air Force.^[4][5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nottingham Forest	1914–15[6]	Second Division	10	0	0	0	10	0
Career total			10	0	0	0	10	0

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 150. ISBN 978-1905891610.
2. "Oh brother! War hero was also a goalkeeper". Nottingham Post. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
3. "EFL Remembers: Royal British Legion – the story of Joe Mercer". www.efl.com. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
4. Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, John (2008). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-84425-656-3. OCLC 244314866.
5. Harry Iremonger on Lives of the First World War
6. "Harold Iremonger". The City Ground. Retrieved 14 July 2019.