Charles Clunas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Clunas[1] | ||
Date of birth | 13 February 1894 | ||
Place of birth | Johnstone, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 8 February 1916[2] | (aged 21)||
Place of death | Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée, France | ||
Position(s) | Forward, right half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1912 | Kilbarchan Athletic | ||
1912–1914 | Clyde | 19 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Charles Clunas (13 February 1894 – 8 February 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Clyde as a forward.[1][3]
Personal life[]
Clunas' younger brother William was also a footballer.[4] Clunas was educated at Johnstone High School.[4] In October 1914, two months after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the 23rd (Service) Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers in the Central Hotel in Glasgow.[3][4] Clunas was serving as an appointed lance corporal when he was killed by a rifle grenade at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée, France on 8 February 1916.[2][3][4][5] He was buried in Guards' Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy.[2]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Clyde | 1912–13[1] | Scottish First Division | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
1913–14[1] | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
1914–15[1] | 4 | 0 | ― | 4 | 0 | |||
Career total | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Charles Clunas 13th February 1894 — 8th February 1916". Johnstone History Museum. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "Charles Clunas | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
Categories:
- Scottish footballers
- 1916 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- 1894 births
- Royal Fusiliers soldiers
- Clyde F.C. players
- People from Johnstone
- Scottish Football League players
- Association football forwards
- Association football inside forwards
- Association football wing halves
- Deaths by hand grenade
- Burials at Windy Corner, Cuinchy
- Scottish football midfielder stubs
- Scottish football forward, 1890s birth stubs