Charles Scott (footballer) explained

Charles Scott
Fullname:Charles Penman Scott[1]
Birth Date:1885
Birth Place:Auchterderran, Scotland
Death Date:10
Death Place:Somme, France
Position:Outside right
Years1:–1905
Clubs1:Hearts of Beath
Years2:1905–1910
Clubs2:Cowdenbeath
Caps2:17
Goals2:1
Years3:1907
Clubs3:East Fife

Charles Penman Scott (1885 – 10 August 1916) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath as an outside right. He also played for Hearts of Beath and East Fife.[2]

Personal life

As of 1901, Scott was working as a miner and he later married and had three children.[3] On 9 January 1915, five months after Britain's entry into the First World War, Scott enlisted as a private in the Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). He was appointed lance corporal in November 1915 and was posted to the Western Front the following month, but he was quickly returned to Britain for a hernia operation. Scott returned to the front in March 1916 and was hospitalised with scabies two months later. After his recovery, Scott was killed in action on the Somme on 10 August 1916 and was buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery.

Career statistics

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SeasonLeagueScottish CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cowdenbeath1905–06[4] Scottish Second Division11100111
1909–10Scottish Second Division600060
Career total17100171

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charles Penman Scott Service Record . 19 December 2018 . Football and the First World War . en.
  2. Web site: 9 November 2011 . Cowden will remember . 12 December 2023 . Central Fife Times . en.
  3. Web site: McArthur . Brian . The Men Commemorated on the Cowdenbeath War Memorial . 19 December 2018 . 304–306.
  4. Book: Litster, John . Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players . PM Publications . Norwich.