Jimmy Todd (Scottish footballer)

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Jimmy Todd
Personal information
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)
0000–1914 Musselburgh
1914–1915 Raith Rovers 22 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

Personal life[]

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]

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ^ Jimmy Todd on Lives of the First World War
  3. ^ a b "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Scottish football club unveils World War I Centenary kit". 1914centenary. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ^ a b "The Raith Rovers stars who never returned". Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Raith Rovers Hall of Fame". Raith Rovers FC. Retrieved 29 April 2020.


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