Alex McCurdie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander McCurdie[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1895 | ||
| Place of birth | Trabboch, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 24 April 1917 (aged 22)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Beaucamp, France | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1915 | Kilmarnock | 11 | (2) |
| → Stevenston United (loan) | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Alexander "Alex" McCurdie (7 January 1895 – 24 April 1917) was a Scottish professional football centre forward who played in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock.[1][3]
Personal life
McCurdie served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the First World War and held the rank of acting lance sergeant when was killed in action at Beaucamp, Nord on 24 April 1917.[2][4] He was buried in Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich.[2]
References
- 1 2 http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Season_1916-1917_(Fell).pdf
- 1 2 3 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ "Kilmarnock Player Alex McCurdie Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- ↑ "Alexander McCurdie | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
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