Hiley Bamsey
English footballer
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Hiley Royal Bamsey (8 October 1916 – 31 December 1943) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Exeter City as a centre half.[1][3]
Full name
Hiley Royal Bamsey[1]
Date of birth
8 October 1916
Place of birth
Woodbury, England
Date of death
31 December 1943 (aged 27)[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hiley Royal Bamsey[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Woodbury, England | ||
| Date of death | 31 December 1943 (aged 27)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Kingdom of Iraq | ||
| Position | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1935 | Woodbury | ||
| 1935–1938 | Exeter City | 42 | (0) |
| Barrow | 0 | (0) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
Bamsey served as a sergeant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the Second World War and was killed in Iraq on 31 December 1943.[2][4] He was buried in Khayat Beach War Cemetery, near Haifa.[2]
