Charles Neilson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Neilson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 November 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Ellon, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1 June 1916[1] | (aged 26)||
Place of death | Neuville-Saint-Vaast, France | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1910 | Ellon United | ||
1910–1913 | Aberdeen | 8 | (0) |
1915 | Aberdeen | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Charles Neilson (27 November 1889 – 1 June 1916) was a Scottish professional football outside left who played in the Scottish League for Aberdeen.[2]
Personal life
Neilson attended Ellon Primary School and graduated with an MA from Aberdeen University in 1913.[3] He trained as a teacher at Aberdeen Training Centre and became a teaching assistant at Lossiemouth Public School.[3][4] After the outbreak of the First World War in September 1914, Neilson enlisted as a private in the Gordon Highlanders in Peterhead.[4] He was serving as a company sergeant major when he was killed in action near Neuville-Saint-Vaast, France on 1 June 1916.[2][3] He was buried in Marœuil British Cemetery, near Arras.[1] His brothers Rolland and James (the latter also a footballer) were also killed during the war.[5] Neilson was added to the Aberdeen University Roll of Honour in 1921.[4]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aberdeen | 1910–11[2] | Scottish First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
1911–12[2] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Career total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
- ^ Appearance in North East Cup
References
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust – Player Profile". www.afcheritage.org. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "Neilson, Charles | Roll of Honour | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Charles Neilson | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- Scottish footballers
- 1916 deaths
- British military personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- 1889 births
- Gordon Highlanders soldiers
- Scottish Football League players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Scottish educators
- Association football outside forwards
- Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
- People from Ellon, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish football forward stubs
- Ellon United F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Aberdeenshire