David Clyne | |
Fullname: | David Johnston Robertson Clyne |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1916 |
Birth Place: | Dennistoun, Scotland |
Death Place: | Vatersay, Scotland[1] |
Position: | Right back |
Years1: | 1937–1939 |
Clubs1: | Queen's Park |
Caps1: | 5 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1938 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland Amateurs |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
David Johnston Robertson Clyne (1 July 1916 – 12 May 1944) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a right back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[2] He was capped by Scotland at amateur level.[3]
Clyne served as a flight sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.[4] On 12 May 1944, Clyne took off from RAF Oban with 9 aboard in a Catalina flying boat to conduct a training exercise. Over Vatersay, Clyne became disoriented and the plane crashed into Heisheaval Beag hill, killing himself and two passengers.[5] He was buried in Riddrie Park Cemetery, Glasgow.