John Cattanach (shinty)
Dr. John Cattanach (1885–1915) was a shinty player for Newtonmore in the 1900s. He is the only shinty player inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
Biography[]
Cattanach is considered one the outstanding shinty players in history.[1] He scored eight goals in an 11 - 3 victory for Newtonmore over in the Camanachd Cup Final of 1909, this record still stands.[2] Cattanach was also capped for his country at hockey and athletics.[1] He was also a qualified medic, graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 1912. Cattanach served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Warwickshire Regiment, becoming a Lieutenant in 1914. He died in 1915 during the First World War at Gallipoli.[3][4]
He was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, and remains the only shinty player to have received this honour.
References[]
- ^ a b "Inductees | Scottish Sports Hall of Fame".
- ^ "The Times & The Sunday Times".
- ^ "Newtonmore - People of the Past - The Shinty Greats". Archived from the original on 15 November 1999.
- ^ "073k.cattanach.html".
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- 1885 births
- 1915 deaths
- Shinty players
- 20th-century Scottish medical doctors
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- Badenoch and Strathspey