Elijah Cresswell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elijah J Cresswell[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 July 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Camlachie, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 4 November 1931 (aged 42)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Shettleston, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1918 | Queen's Park | 36 | (5) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Elijah J Cresswell (18 July 1889 – 4 November 1931) was a Scottish amateur football forward who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1]
Personal life
Cresswell worked as a claims inspector and as of 1915 was married with two children.[2] In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, he enlisted as a guardsman in the Coldstream Guards.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- 1 2 "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
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