Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Morton [1] | ||
Date of birth | 19 January 1894 | ||
Place of birth | Cambuslang, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1 July 1916[1] | (aged 22)||
Place of death | Sausage Redoubt, France | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1914–1915 | Kilmarnock | 4 | (0) |
1914–1915 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Morton (19 January 1894 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock as an inside left. [2]
Morton served as a private in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War and was killed in the attack on the Sausage Redoubt on the first day on the Somme. [3] [4] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. [1]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kilmarnock | 1914–15 [5] | Scottish First Division | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | James Morton [1] | ||
Date of birth | 19 January 1894 | ||
Place of birth | Cambuslang, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1 July 1916[1] | (aged 22)||
Place of death | Sausage Redoubt, France | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1914–1915 | Kilmarnock | 4 | (0) |
1914–1915 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Morton (19 January 1894 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock as an inside left. [2]
Morton served as a private in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War and was killed in the attack on the Sausage Redoubt on the first day on the Somme. [3] [4] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. [1]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kilmarnock | 1914–15 [5] | Scottish First Division | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |