George_Scott_(footballer,_born_1915)
George Scott (footballer, born 1915)
Scottish footballer
George Gardiner Scott (11 June 1915 – 26 July 1942) was a Scottish professional football inside right who played in the Scottish League for East Fife and Aberdeen.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Gardiner Scott[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1915[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Cowdenbeath, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 26 July 1942(1942-07-26) (aged 27)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Dornoch Firth, off Tain, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Inside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–1931 | Parkview Rangers | ||
| 1931 | Cowdenbeath St Leonard's | ||
| 1931 | St Andrews United | ||
| 1931– | Cowdenbeath | ||
| 0000–1933 | Parkview Rangers | ||
| 1933 | St Andrews United | ||
| 1933 | Lochgelly Albert | ||
| 1933–1936 | East Fife | 124 | (41) |
| 1936 | Cowdenbeath St Leonard's | ||
| 1936–1939 | Aberdeen | 22 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| Scotland Schoolboys | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Scott attended Lumphinnans Primary School.[4] In 1941, during the Second World War, he enlisted in the RAF and during a period training in Canada, met and married his wife Jessie.[1][3] Scott returned to Scotland in 1942 and was posted to No. 19 Operational Training Unit at RAF Kinloss.[1] On 26 July 1942, Sergeant Scott, serving as an air gunner on board an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, took off from RAF Kinloss to conduct a cross-country training exercise. The aircraft suffered engine failure in mid-air, caught fire, and crashed into the Dornoch Firth off Tain, killing all 5 on board, including Scott. The Whitley was attempting to get to RAF Tain when it crashed.[5][1][6] His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Air Forces Memorial.[1][3]
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| East Fife | 1933–34[2] | Scottish Second Division | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 7 | |
| 1934–35[2] | 33 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 14 | |||
| 1935–36[2] | 33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 14 | |||
| 1936–37[2] | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | 30 | 8 | |||
| Total | 124 | 41 | 5 | 2 | — | 129 | 43 | |||
| Aberdeen | 1936–37[1] | Scottish First Division | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1937–38[1] | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 1938–39[1] | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 146 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 156 | 45 | ||
- "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust – Player Profile". www.afcheritage.org. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- "Cowden will remember". Central Fife Times. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- "I never had chance to meet vibrant young man who was my uncle Errol". www.newmarketjournal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.