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Andrew McDermott
Personal information
Full name Andrew McDermott[1]
Date of birth 1889
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 12 July 1915 (aged 26)[2]
Place of death Gallipoli, Turkey
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1910 Newtongrange Star
1910–1913 Leith Athletic 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew McDermott (1889 – 12 July 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Leith Athletic.[1]

Personal life

McDermott worked as a lithographer.[2] After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, McDermott enlisted in the Royal Scots.[2] He was serving as a lance corporal when he received facial wounds at Gallipoli on 28 June 1915, from which he died on 12 July 1915.[2] He was commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  2. ^ a b c d "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 15 September 2016.


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