James Galloway (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Blyth Galloway[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Buckhaven, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 17 November 1918 (aged 25)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Kasauli, India | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Haywood Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1918 | Third Lanark | 6 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
James Blyth Galloway was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Third Lanark.[2]
Personal life
Galloway worked as an architect.[2] A territorial, he was called up for service when the First World War broke out in August 1914 and joined the Royal Field Artillery.[2] After a long period on the Western Front, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 16 September 1917.[3] Galloway was posted to India late in the war and died of pneumonia in Kasauli on 17 November 1918, just six days after the end of the war.[2] He was buried in Kasauli Cemetery.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1918-1919" (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ↑ "James Blyth Galloway | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 2016-09-19.
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