Jimmy Todd (Scottish footballer)

James Colin Todd (1896 – 12 March 1916) was a Scottish professional football outside forward who played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers.[3]

Jimmy Todd
Personal information
Full name James Colin Todd[1]
Date of birth 1896[2]
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 12 March 1916 (aged 20)[3]
Place of death near Armentières, France
Playing position(s) Outside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1914 Musselburgh
1914–1915 Raith Rovers 22 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Neilson enlisted as a private in the McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots.[4] He was hit in the chest by shell fragments near Armentières, France on 12 March 1916 and died in a dugout shortly after, becoming the first footballer of the battalion to be killed in the war.[4] He was buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension.[1]

Honours

References
  1. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. Jimmy Todd on Lives of the First World War
  3. "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  4. "The Raith Rovers stars who never returned". Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  5. "Raith Rovers Hall of Fame | Raith Rovers FC". www.raithrovers.net. Retrieved 29 April 2020.


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