| James Haldane | |
| Fullname: | James Haldane[1] |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1890[2] |
| Birth Place: | Dundee, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Pas-de-Calais, France |
| Height: | 5ft 6in |
| Position: | Inside right |
| Years1: | –1914 |
| Clubs1: | Hearts of Beath |
| Years2: | 1914–1915 |
| Clubs2: | Lochgelly United |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
James Haldane (19 December 1890 – 27 August 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Lochgelly United as an inside right.[3] He was killed in action during the First World War.[4]
At the age of 18, Haldane was working as a miner and he later served in the Territorial Army for four years.[5] [6] Soon after Britain's entry into the First World War, Haldane enlisted in the British Army in Glencraig. On 8 August 1914, he joined the Royal Scots as a private at Glencorse Barracks. Haldane was killed on 27 August 1915 when a working party, of which he was a member, came under German machine gun fire while digging a trench in France. He died instantly while helping to carry a wounded comrade in. Haldane was buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension.
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lochgelly United | 1914–15 | Scottish Second Division | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||