George Comrie
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Smart Comrie[1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 March 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Denny, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 15 April 1958[2] | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Falkirk, Scotland[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1903–1904 | Dunipace Athletic | ||
1904–1905 | Third Lanark | 0 | (0) |
1905–1909 | Millwall | ||
1909–1912 | Dundee | 73 | (5) |
1912–1913 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | (0) |
Forfar Athletic | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
George Smart Comrie (31 March 1885 – 15 April 1958) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Dundee as a left half and was a member of the club's 1909–10 Scottish Cup-winning team.[3][4] He also played in the Southern League for Millwall and the Football League for Huddersfield Town.[1][5]
Personal life[]
Comrie's relatives James, John and Malcolm were also footballers.[5][6][7] Comrie served as a sergeant in the Black Watch during the First World War and his son Daniel served with the Scots Guards during the Second World War.[8][9]
Honours[]
Dundee
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dundee | 1909–10[3] | Scottish First Division | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
1910–11[3] | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 3 | ||
1911–12[3] | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
Total | 73 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 90 | 7 | ||
Huddersfield Town | 1912–13[10] | Second Division | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Career total | 98 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 105 | 7 |
References[]
- Ian Thomas; Owen Thomas; Alan Hodgson; John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ISBN 978-0955728105.
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0. OCLC 841581272.
- ^ a b "In Memoriam". The Huddersfield Town Collection. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "1910 – Scottish Cup". Dundee Football Club – Official Website. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Comrie George Millwall 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "James Comrie". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Private James Comrie – 1st/7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – Royals Remembered". Reading FC. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ George Comrie on Lives of the First World War
- ^ "Casualty Details: Daniel Comrie". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- ^ "Player Profile – Comrie, George". Huddersfield Town AFC Archive. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
Categories:
- Scottish footballers
- English Football League players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- People from Denny, Falkirk
- Sportspeople from Falkirk (council area)
- 1885 births
- 1958 deaths
- Association football wing halves
- Third Lanark A.C. players
- Millwall F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Scottish Football League players
- Forfar Athletic F.C. players
- Black Watch soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Comrie family
- Scottish football midfielder stubs