Charles Scott (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Penman Scott[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Auchterderran, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 10 August 1916 (aged 30–31)[2] | ||
Place of death | Somme, France | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1905 | Hearts of Beath | ||
1905–1910 | Cowdenbeath | 17 | (1) |
East Fife | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Charles Penman Scott (1885 – 10 August 1916) was a Scottish football outside right who played in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath.[3] He also played for Hearts of Beath and East Fife.[4]
Personal life
As of 1901, Scott was working as a miner and later married and had three children.[4] On 9 January 1915, five months after Britain's entry into the First World War, Scott enlisted as a private in the Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders).[4] He was appointed lance corporal in November 1915 and was posted to the Western Front the following month, but he was quickly returned to Britain for a hernia operation.[4] Scott returned to the front in March 1916 and was hospitalised with scabies two months later.[4] After his recovery, Scott was killed in action on the Somme on 10 August 1916 and was buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery.[2][4]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cowdenbeath | 1905–06[3] | Scottish Second Division | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
1909–10[3] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Career total | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
References
- ^ "Charles Penman Scott | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b c d e f McArthur, Brian. "The Men Commemorated on the Cowdenbeath War Memorial" (PDF). pp. 304–306. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- Scottish footballers
- Sportspeople from Fife
- Cowdenbeath F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish football forward stubs
- 1885 births
- 1916 deaths
- Association football outside forwards
- East Fife F.C. players
- British military personnel killed at the Battle of the Somme
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers
- Scottish miners
- Hearts of Beath F.C. players