| James Comrie | |
| Fullname: | James Comrie |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1881 |
| Birth Place: | Denny, Scotland |
| Death Place: | near Méteren, France |
| Position: | Centre half |
| Years1: | –1904 |
| Clubs1: | Dunipace Juniors |
| Years2: | 1904–1906 |
| Clubs2: | Third Lanark |
| Caps2: | 54 |
| Goals2: | 15 |
| Years3: | 1906–1907 |
| Clubs3: | Reading |
| Caps3: | 36 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 1907–1908 |
| Clubs4: | Glossop |
| Caps4: | 38 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 1908–1910 |
| Clubs5: | Bradford City |
| Caps5: | 48 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 1910–1911 |
| Clubs6: | Lincoln City |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 1911 |
| Clubs7: | Grantham Town |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 1911–1912 |
| Clubs8: | Stenhousemuir |
| Years9: | 1912–1915 |
| Clubs9: | Reading |
| Caps9: | 128 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Nationalteam1: | Southern League XI |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
James Comrie (31 March 1881 – 9 August 1916), sometimes known as Jock Comrie, was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Glossop and Lincoln City as a centre half.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Comrie's younger brother George,[5] cousin John and nephew Malcolm were also footballers.[6] While a part-time footballer with Lincoln City, he worked as an attendant at Bracebridge Pauper Lunatic Asylum.[7] In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Comrie enlisted as a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He died of wounds inflicted by a German trench mortar on 9 August 1916 near Méteren, France, during the Battle of the Somme.[8] [9] Comrie is commemorated on the Menin Gate.
Third Lanark
| Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Third Lanark | 1903–04[10] | Scottish League Division One | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[11] | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1904–05 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3[12] | 0 | 33 | 4 | |||
| 1905–06 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1[13] | 0 | 32 | 13 | |||
| Total | 54 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 18 | |||
| Reading | 1906–07 | Southern League First Division | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | ||
| Glossop | 1907–08 | Second Division | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | ||
| 1908–09 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | ||||
| Bradford City | 1908–09 | First Division | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| 1909–10 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 48 | 3 | ||||
| Lincoln City | 1910–11 | Second Division | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| Grantham | 1911–12 | Central Alliance | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Reading | 1912–13 | Southern League First Division | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| 1913–14 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | ||||
| 1914–15 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 128 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 129 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 276 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 302 | 25 | |||