George Scott (footballer, born 1915)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Gardiner Scott[1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 June 1915[2] | ||
Place of birth | Cowdenbeath, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 26 July 1942 27)[3] | (aged||
Place of death | North Sea | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Playing position | Inside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1930–1931 | Parkview Rangers | ||
1931 | Cowdenbeath St Leonard's | ||
1931 | St Andrews United | ||
1931– | Cowdenbeath | ||
–1933 | Parkview Rangers | ||
1933 | St Andrews United | ||
1933 | Lochgelly Albert | ||
1933–1936 | East Fife | 124 | (41) |
1936 | Cowdenbeath St Leonard's | ||
1936–1939 | Aberdeen | 22 | (2) |
National team | |||
Scotland Schoolboys | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
George Gardiner Scott (11 June 1915 – 26 July 1942) was a Scottish professional football inside right who played in the Scottish League for East Fife and Aberdeen.[2]
Personal life
Scott attended Lumphinnans Primary School.[4] In 1941, during the Second World War, he enlisted in the RAF and during a period training in Canada, met and married his wife Jessie.[1][3] Scott returned to Scotland in 1942 and was posted to No. 19 Operational Training Unit at RAF Kinloss.[1] On 26 July 1942, Scott was a member of a crew undertaking training in an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley when the aircraft suffered an engine failure and crashed in the North Sea off the coast of Tain.[1][5] His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Air Forces Memorial.[1][3]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
East Fife | 1933–34[2] | Scottish Second Division | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 7 | |
1934–35[2] | 33 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 14 | |||
1935–36[2] | 33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 14 | |||
1936–37[2] | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | 30 | 8 | |||
Total | 124 | 41 | 5 | 2 | — | 129 | 43 | |||
Aberdeen | 1936–37[1] | Scottish First Division | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
1937–38[1] | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
1938–39[1] | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Total | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
Career total | 146 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 156 | 45 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust – Player Profile". www.afcheritage.org. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- 1 2 3 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "Cowden will remember". Central Fife Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "I never had chance to meet vibrant young man who was my uncle Errol". www.newmarketjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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