Robert Musgrove (16 August 1893 – 5 November 1934) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played in the

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

, Durham City and Leeds United.

Personal life

Musgrove served in the Durham Light Infantry during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

References

1893 births 1934 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders English Football League players Barnsley F.C. players Durham City A.F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Footballers from Sunderland British Army personnel of World War I Durham Light Infantry soldiers {{England-footy-midfielder-1890s-stub