Jump to content

Andrew McCrae

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Andrew McCrae
Personal information
Full name Andrew Bowie McCrae[1]
Date of birth 30 December 1886
Place of birth St Andrews, Scotland
Date of death 17 November 1915(1915-11-17) (aged 28)[2]
Place of death Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Denny Athletic
1912–1913 Falkirk 5 (2)
1913–1914 Queen's Park 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Bowie McCrae (30 December 1886 – 17 November 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park and Falkirk as an outside right.[2]

Personal life

[edit]

McCrae was educated at High School of Dundee, University of St Andrews and University of Dundee.[3] He studied arts and law at the latter institution and later worked for solicitors Gair & Gibson in Falkirk.[3][4] After the outbreak of the First World War, McCrae enlisted in the Lovat Scouts in September 1914 and was deployed to Gallipoli in September 1915.[3][5] He had been serving as an acting corporal when he died of wounds suffered at Suvla on 17 November 1915.[2][3] He was buried in Lala Baba Cemetery.[1]

Career statistics

[edit]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Falkirk 1912–13[6] Scottish Division One 5 2 0 0 5 2
Queen's Park 1913–14[2] Scottish Division One 14 0 0 0 1[a] 0 15 0
Career total 19 2 0 0 1 0 20 2
  1. ^ Appearance in Glasgow Cup

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "McCrae, Andrew Bowie". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d Ellsworth, Fred. "Queen's Park Counts the Cost Trench Warfare – Gallipoli and The Eastern Mediterranean" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  4. ^ "University of Edinburgh roll of honour, 1914–1919" (PDF). p. 123. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  5. ^ "McCrae A.B. – This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home". Great War Dundee. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.