Duncan Currie

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. 1 2 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Season_1916-1917_(Fell).pdf
  3. "The Sporting Battalion « McCraes Battalion Trust". www.mccraesbattaliontrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
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