James Gray (Scottish footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Gray[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 24 April 1917 (aged 23–24)[2] | ||
Place of death | Somme, France | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1913–1914 | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Gray (1893 – 24 April 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Dunfermline Athletic as an inside forward.[1] He also played cricket for Dunfermline Carnegie.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Craig served as a sergeant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the First World War and was killed in action in the Somme sector of the Western Front on 24 April 1917.[4] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dunfermline Athletic | 1913–14[1] | Scottish Division Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Career total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "The Pars | World War One". 1914–18. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1917–1918" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
Categories:
- Scottish men's footballers
- 1917 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- 1893 births
- Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers
- Scottish Football League players
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
- Footballers from Dunfermline
- Men's association football inside forwards
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1890s birth stubs