Jimmy Todd (Scottish footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Colin Todd[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1896[2] | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 12 March 1916 (aged 20)[3] | ||
Place of death | near Armentières, France | ||
Position(s) | Outside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1914 | Musselburgh | ||
1914–1915 | Raith Rovers | 22 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Colin Todd (1896 – 12 March 1916) was a Scottish professional football outside forward who played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers.[3]
Personal life
After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Neilson enlisted as a private in the McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots.[4] He was hit in the chest by shell fragments near Armentières, France on 12 March 1916 and died in a dugout shortly after, becoming the first footballer of the battalion to be killed in the war.[4] He was buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension.[1]
Honours
- Raith Rovers Hall of Fame[5]
References
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Jimmy Todd on Lives of the First World War
- ^ a b "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ a b "The Raith Rovers stars who never returned". Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Raith Rovers Hall of Fame | Raith Rovers FC". www.raithrovers.net. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
Categories:
- Scottish footballers
- 1916 deaths
- British military personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- 1896 births
- Footballers from Edinburgh
- Royal Scots Fusiliers soldiers
- Scottish Football League players
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- Association football outside forwards
- McCrae's Battalion
- Scottish football forward stubs