Percy Lynsdale

Percy Cyril Lynsdale (Arabic: بيرسي لينزديل; 1 July 1928—1997) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a forward.

Lynsdale's roots lie in South London, then Surrey; one of his ancestors settled in India after joining the British Army in 1797.

[1] Born in Baghdad, Lynsdale lived for a period in Mosul due to his father's job in the Iraqi Railway company.

[1] In the early 1940s, Lynsdale studied at the Jesuit Baghdad College, and played football in the schoolyard.

[2] While working for the B.P.C., Lynsdale played for their football team in the Basra League as an inside left.