Douglas Scott Hardcastle (1886 – 9 May 1915) was an English professional

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who played as an inside left in the

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for Derby County.

Personal life

Hardcastle worked as a stove grate patternmaker. He served as an appointed lance corporal in the Sherwood Foresters during the First World War and was killed in action on the

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on 9 May 1915. Hardcastle is commemorated on the

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Career statistics

References

1886 births 1915 deaths Footballers from Worksop English footballers English Football League players Association football inside forwards Worksop Town F.C. players British Army personnel of World War I Sherwood Foresters soldiers British military personnel killed in World War I Derby County F.C. players Midland Football League players Military personnel from Nottinghamshire {{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub