James Galloway (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Blyth Galloway[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 July 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Buckhaven, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 17 November 1918 (aged 25)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Kasauli, British India | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1913 | Haywood Juniors | ||
| 1913–1918 | Third Lanark | 7 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Blyth Galloway (3 July 1893 – 17 November 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Third Lanark as a centre forward.[2][3]
Personal life
[edit]Galloway worked as an architect.[2][4] 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.[5] 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]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Third Lanark | 1913–14[3] | Scottish First Division | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1917–18[3] | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1918–1919" (PDF). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ 1893 Galloway, James Blyth (Statutory registers Births 459/2 175)
- ^ "James Blyth Galloway | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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