Duncan Currie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 August 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Kilwinning, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1916 (aged 23)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Somme, France | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Kilwinning Rangers | |||
| 1912–1915 | Heart of Midlothian | 45 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Duncan Currie (13 August 1892 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional football full back who played in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian.[2]
Personal life
Currie's brother Bob was also a footballer.[2] Currie served as a sergeant in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War and was killed on the first day of the Somme.[2][3] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[1]
References
- 1 2 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Season_1916-1917_(Fell).pdf
- ↑ "The Sporting Battalion « McCraes Battalion Trust". www.mccraesbattaliontrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
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