John Monteith (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Buchanan Monteith[1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 December 1883[2] | ||
Place of birth | Dennistoun, Scotland[2] | ||
Date of death | 27 September 1918[1] | (aged 34)||
Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1911–1912 | Queen's Park | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Buchanan Monteith (5 December 1883 – 27 September 1918) was a Scottish professional football right back who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[3]
Personal life
Monteith served as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War and was killed in action in Pas-de-Calais on 27 September 1918.[4][5] He was buried in Quéant Communal Cemetery British Extension.[1]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Queen's Park | 1911–12[3] | Scottish First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Career total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ a b McCrossan, Frank. "QUEEN'S PARK AND THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918 – THE QUEEN'S PARK MEN WHO SERVED AND SURVIVED AS AT APRIL 2017 – APPENDIX 3" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ a b "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1918–1919" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "John Buchanan Monteith | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
Categories:
- Scottish footballers
- 1918 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Scottish Football League players
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Association football fullbacks
- 1883 births
- Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers
- People from Dennistoun
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Scottish football defender, 1880s birth stubs