Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander McCurdie [1] | ||
Date of birth | 7 January 1895 | ||
Place of birth | Trabboch, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 24 April 1917[2] | (aged 22)||
Place of death | Beaucamp, France | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1913 | Glasgow University | ||
1913–1915 | Kilmarnock | 11 | (2) |
→ Stevenston United (loan) | |||
1915 | → Reading (guest) | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alexander McCurdie (7 January 1895 – 24 April 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock. [1] [3]
McCurdie attended Glasgow University. [4] In May 1915, 9 months after Britain's entry into the First World War, McCurdie enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. [4] He arrived on the Western Front in June 1916 and saw action at the Battle of the Ancre five months later. [4] By April 1917, he had been promoted to acting lance-sergeant and had been recommended for the DCM. [4] McCurdie was killed while on patrol in Beaucamps, Nord on 24 April 1917 and he was buried in Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich. [4]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kilmarnock | 1913–14 [3] | Scottish First Division | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
1914–15 [3] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Career total | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |