Lawrence Wallace
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use British English Lawrence Mervyn Wallace (9 March 1917 – 1978)[1] was an English amateur athlete who competed as a sprinter in the 1938 British Empire Games and played football for Southampton.
Early life
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Athletics | ||
| British Empire Games |
Wallace was born in Sandown on the Isle of Wight and studied at Southampton's University College.[2]
Athletic career
At the 1938 Empire Games, he was a member of the English relay team which won the silver medal in the 4×110 yards event. In the 100 yards competition as well as in the 220 yards contest he was eliminated in the heats.
Football career
Template:Infobox football biography Wallace was selected to represent the Universities Athletic Union against an Amateur XI in a football match played at The Dell in February 1939. Wallace's abilities on the left-wing brought him to the attention of the Saints' management, who immediately signed him as an amateur.[2]
He made his first-team debut at Maine Road against Manchester City on 18 March 1939, in place of Harry Osman, who had been sold to Millwall.[3] Reports suggest that Wallace found his debut "somewhat overwhelming" and he "struggled to find any rhythm".[2] Wallace returned to the reserves whilst continuing his education and made a few appearances for the reserves during the Second World War.[2]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Pages with script errors
- 1917 births
- People from Sandown
- 1978 deaths
- Alumni of the University of Southampton
- English male sprinters
- British male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Southampton F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics