David Philip

David Philip
Personal information
Full name David Carswell Philip[1]
Date of birth 1880
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 29 April 1917 (aged 3637)[1]
Place of death Pas-de-Calais, France
Playing position Half back
Youth career
Edinburgh Myrtle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903–1910 Heart of Midlothian 85 (1)
1909–1910Leith Athletic (loan) 22 (0)
Raith Rovers 83 (15)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


David Carswell Philip (1880 – 29 April 1917) was a Scottish professional football half back who played in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian, Raith Rovers and Leith Athletic.[2][3]

Personal life

Philip served as an enlisted man in the Royal Scots during the First World War.[4] He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers on 2 April 1917 and was killed less than a month later, near Arras, France, on 29 April 1917.[4][5] He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.[1]

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