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David Izatt
Personal information
Full name David Heron Izatt[1]
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland
Date of death 1 July 1916 (aged 24)[2]
Place of death Somme, France
Position(s) Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1915 Dunfermline Athletic 62 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Heron Izatt (1892 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Dunfermline Athletic as a half back.[1][3]

Personal life

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Izatt was a plumber by trade.[1] Soon after the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, he enlisted as a private in the Royal Scots.[1][4] Izatt was killed in Sausage Valley on the first day of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[2][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. ^ "A Brief Memorial To The Players Of Dunfermline Athletic F.C. Who Served In The Great War". Dunfermline Athletic & the Great War. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Private David Herron Izatt" (PDF). Lochnagar Crater. Retrieved 17 April 2020.


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