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James Galloway (footballer)

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James Galloway
Personal information
Full name James Blyth Galloway[1]
Date of birth 3 July 1893
Place of birth Buckhaven, Scotland
Date of death 17 November 1918(1918-11-17) (aged 25)[1]
Place of death Kasauli, British India
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1913 Haywood Juniors
1913–1918 Third Lanark 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Blyth Galloway (3 July 1893 – 17 November 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Third Lanark as a centre forward.[2][3]

Personal life

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Galloway worked as an architect.[2][4] A territorial, he was called up for service when the First World War broke out in August 1914 and joined the Royal Field Artillery.[2] After a long period on the Western Front, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 16 September 1917.[5] Galloway was posted to India late in the war and died of pneumonia in Kasauli on 17 November 1918, just six days after the end of the war.[2] He was buried in Kasauli Cemetery.[1]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Third Lanark 1913–14[3] Scottish First Division 6 1 0 0 6 1
1917–18[3] 1 0 1 0
Career total 7 1 0 0 7 1

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1918–1919" (PDF). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. ^ 1893 Galloway, James Blyth (Statutory registers Births 459/2 175)
  5. ^ "James Blyth Galloway | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 19 September 2016.