James Thomas Medcalf (2 May 1895 – 1980) was an English

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who played as a winger in the Football League for

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...

Personal life

At the time he appeared for Hull City, Medcalf worked in a

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. He served as a private in the King's Own Yorkshire 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 ...

and was invalided out of the

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in 1918. After the war, he worked as a wool machinist in Hull.

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1895 births 1980 deaths Date of death missing Footballers from Scarborough, North Yorkshire Men's association football wingers English men's footballers English Football League players Hull City A.F.C. players British Army personnel of World War I King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry soldiers {{England-footy-midfielder-1890s-stub