Harry Iremonger

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Harry Iremonger

| fullname = Harold Iremonger

| birth_date = 1894

| birth_place = Wilford, England

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1957|1894}}

| death_place =

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1914–1919

| clubs1 = Nottingham Forest

| caps1 = 10

| goals1 = 0

}}

Harold Iremonger (1894–1957) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=150}}

Personal life

Iremonger's older brothers James and Albert were also sportsmen.{{Cite web |title=Oh brother! War hero was also a goalkeeper |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Oh-brother-War-hero-goalkeeper/story-19734185-detail/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902211541/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Oh-brother-War-hero-goalkeeper/story-19734185-detail/story.html |archive-date=2 September 2013 |access-date=14 December 2015 |website=Nottingham Post |language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web |title=EFL Remembers: Royal British Legion – the story of Joe Mercer |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2016/november/efl-remembers-royal-british-legion---the-story-of-joe-mercer/ |access-date=22 January 2021 |website=www.efl.com |language=en-gb}} He served as a private and ended the war in the Royal Air Force.{{Cite book |last=Riddoch |first=Andrew |title=When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War |last2=Kemp |first2=John |date=2008 |publisher=Haynes Publishing |isbn=978-1-84425-656-3 |location=Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset |page=297 |oclc=244314866}}{{Lives of WWI|id=2053509}}

Career statistics

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Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
Nottingham Forest \|1914–15{{Cite web \|title=Harold Iremonger \|url=http://www.thecityground.com/player.php?player_name=Harold%20Iremonger \|access-date=14 July 2019 \|website=The City Ground}} \|Second Division \|10 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|10 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !10 !0 !0 !0 !10 !0

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

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Nottingham Forest

|1914–15{{Cite web |title=Harold Iremonger |url=http://www.thecityground.com/player.php?player_name=Harold%20Iremonger |access-date=14 July 2019 |website=The City Ground}}

|Second Division

|10

colspan="3" |Career total

!10

References

Category:English men's footballers

Category:English Football League players

Category:Men's association football goalkeepers

Category:British Army personnel of World War I

Category:Middlesex Regiment soldiers

Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players

Category:1894 births

Category:1957 deaths

Category:Footballers from Nottingham

Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War I

Category:Royal Air Force airmen

Category:Military personnel from Nottingham

Category:20th-century English sportsmen