Alexander Johnston (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Brown Johnston[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1880 | ||
Place of birth | Falkirk, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 17 August 1917 (aged 36)[2] | ||
Place of death | West Flanders, Belgium | ||
Playing position | Outside right | ||
Youth career | |||
Camelon Juniors | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1913 | Falkirk | 5 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Alexander Brown Johnston (1880 – 17 August 1917) was a Scottish professional football outside right who played in the Scottish Football League for Falkirk.[3]
Personal life
Johnston worked for the Post Office for 20 years.[3] He served as an acting bombardier in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War and was killed in action in West Flanders on 17 August 1917.[3] He was buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, north of Ypres.[2]
References
- ↑ "Alexander Brown Johnston | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- 1 2 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Season_1917-1918_(Fell).pdf
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