Sam Bagnall
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sam Bagnall
| image =
| fullname = Samuel Bagnall
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}{{cite news |title=Sam Bagnall Transferred |work=Sheffield Daily Telegraph |date=21 August 1914 |page=6}}
| birth_date = 6 February 18921939 England and Wales Register
| birth_place = Neepsend, Sheffield, England
| death_date = 1946 (age 54)England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
| death_place = Sheffield, England
| position = Outside right
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Clowne Rising Star
| years2 = 1912–1913
| clubs2 = Chesterfield Town
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 1913–1914
| clubs3 = Sheffield United
| caps3 = 7
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1914–1916
| clubs4 = South Liverpool
| years5 = 1916–?
| clubs5 = Welbeck Colliery
}}
Samuel Bagnall (6 February 1892 – 1946) was an English footballer who played for Chesterfield Town and Sheffield United. Playing outside right, he was known for his pace, being described as a "better sprinter than a footballer."{{cite book|author=Denis Clarebrough & Andrew Kirkham|title=Sheffield United Who's Who|publisher=Hallamshire Press|year=2008|page=38|isbn=978-1-874718-69-7}}
Club career
Born in Neepsend, Sheffield, Bagnall made his breakthrough at nearby Chesterfield Town but was quickly transferred to his home-town club Sheffield United for a fee of £152 in April 1913 (although the Blades later informed the Football League that the fee had been £350.) He also ran sprint events, winning the sprint at the 1913 Players' Union Sports competition.
Despite commanding a large fee for the time he failed to make an impact on the first team at Bramall Lane, making only seven appearances in just over a season before he was released at the outset of World War I.
Personal life
Bagnall saw active service during the war, being wounded in his left shoulder and arm while serving in France, and was subsequently discharged in 1916. It was initially feared he would be permanently disabled, but he recovered enough to take up a job at Welbeck Colliery and played for their football team.{{cite news|title=Sam Bagnall|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001914/19161216/009/0002|accessdate=8 August 2017|work=Sheffield Star Green 'Un|date=16 December 1916}} In 1921, he took part in a charity footrace at Hyde Park, organised by the Park Ex-Serviceman to raise funds for a new sports pavilion.{{cite news|title=Footballer–Pedestrians – Well-Known Players to Compete at Hyde Park Gala|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001914/19210416/106/0006|accessdate=8 August 2017|work=Sheffield Star Green 'Un|date=16 April 1921}}
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Category:Footballers from Sheffield
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football outside forwards
Category:Chesterfield F.C. players
Category:Sheffield United F.C. players
Category:South Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Welbeck Welfare F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Date of death missing