Personal information | |||
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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 | ||
Position(s) | Outside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1914 | Musselburgh | ||
1914–1915 | Raith Rovers | 22 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Colin Todd (1896 – 12 March 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers as an outside forward.[3]
Todd worked as a railway clerk.[4] After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Todd enlisted as a private in the McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots.[5] 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.[5] He was buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension.[1]