Andrew McDermott | |
Fullname: | Andrew McDermott |
Birth Date: | 1889 |
Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Death Date: | 12 July 1915 (aged 26) |
Death Place: | Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | –1910 |
Clubs1: | Newtongrange Star |
Years2: | 1910–1913 |
Clubs2: | Leith Athletic |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Andrew McDermott (1889 – 12 July 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Leith Athletic as a goalkeeper.[1]
McDermott worked as a lithographer. After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, McDermott enlisted in the Royal Scots.[2] He was serving as an appointed lance corporal when he received facial wounds at Gallipoli on 28 June 1915, from which he died on 12 July 1915.[3] He was commemorated on the Helles Memorial.