| Gerald Kirk | |
| Fullname: | Gerald Kirk[1] |
| Birth Date: | 14 July 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Bramley, England[2] |
| Death Place: | Poperinge, Belgium |
| Position: | Centre half |
| Years1: | 1900–1905 |
| Clubs1: | Ingleton |
| Years2: | 1905–1906 |
| Years3: | 1906–1907 |
| Years4: | 1907–1908 |
| Clubs2: | Bradford City |
| Clubs3: | Leeds City |
| Clubs4: | Bradford City |
| Caps2: | 40 |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Caps4: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Clubs5: | Ingleton |
Gerald Kirk (14 July 1883 – 24 April 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League for Bradford City and Leeds City. He spent the majority of his career in non-League football with Ingleton, whom he captained.[3] [4]
Kirk was born into a wealthy land-owning family. He attended Pocklington School and later married.[5] On 1 September 1914, a month after Britain's entry into the First World War, Kirk enlisted as a private in the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). In October he was promoted to lance corporal and by 31 January 1915, he had been commissioned as a second lieutenant. In March 1915, Kirk's battalion was posted to the Western Front and entered the trenches near Bailleul. On 23 April 1915, he was shot through the chest while leading his platoon in an attack and died the following day at Number 3 Casualty Clearing Station, Poperinghe. Kirk was buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Bradford City | 1905–06 | Second Division | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 1906–07 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Total | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |||
| Leeds City | 1907–08 | Second Division | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Bradford City | 1907–08 | Second Division | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 51 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 3 | |||
Ingleton