Harold Meadowcroft

Harold Chadwick Meadowcroft (1889 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional football right half and outside right who played in the Football League for Glossop and Bury.

Personal life
Meadowcroft was one of 14 children. In 1914, during the early months of the First World War he enlisted in the Manchester Regiment. Serving as a corporal, Meadowcroft was shot by a sniper while leading his section on the first day of the Somme. He was buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz.