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 (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]
| 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 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Glasgow Cup
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d "McCrae, Andrew Bowie". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "University of Edinburgh roll of honour, 1914–1919" (PDF). p. 123. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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- Scottish men's footballers
- 1915 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- 1886 births
- Sportspeople from St Andrews
- Lovat Scouts soldiers
- Scottish Football League players
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- People educated at the High School of Dundee
- Alumni of the University of St Andrews
- Alumni of the University of Dundee
- Burials at Lala Baba Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
- Military personnel from Dundee
- Footballers from Fife
- Scottish football forward, 1880s birth stubs