Daniel McKellar
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel McKellar[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 13 April 1918 (aged 25–26)[2] | ||
Place of death | West Flanders, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Ashfield | |||
–1914 | Bellshill Athletic | ||
1914 | Airdrieonians | 3 | (0) |
1914–1916 | Kilmarnock | 37 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Daniel McKellar (1892 – 13 April 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock and Airdrieonians.[1]
Personal life
[edit]McKellar served as a private in the Highland Light Infantry during the First World War and was killed in action in West Flanders on 13 April 1918.[3] He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Airdrieonians | 1913–14[1] | Scottish First Division | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Kilmarnock | 1914–15[4] | Scottish First Division | 24 | 1 | ― | 24 | 1 | |
1915–16[4] | 13 | 0 | ― | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 37 | 1 | ― | 37 | 1 | |||
Career total | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1917–1918" (PDF). p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Kilmarnock Player Daniel McKellar Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
Categories:
- Scottish men's footballers
- 1917 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- 1892 births
- Highland Light Infantry soldiers
- Scottish Football League players
- Ashfield F.C. players
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Bellshill Athletic F.C. players
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Men's association football forwards
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1890s birth stubs