Charles Scott (footballer)

Charles Scott
Personal information
Full name Charles Penman Scott[1]
Date of birth 1885
Place of birth Auchterderran, Scotland
Date of death 10 August 1916 (aged 30–31)[2]
Place of death Somme, France
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1905 Hearts of Beath
1905–1910 Cowdenbeath 17 (1)
1907 East Fife
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Penman Scott (1885 – 10 August 1916) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath as an outside right.[3] He also played for Hearts of Beath and East Fife.[4]

Personal life

As of 1901, Scott was working as a miner and he later married and had three children.[5] 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).[5] 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.[5] Scott returned to the front in March 1916 and was hospitalised with scabies two months later.[5] After his recovery, Scott was killed in action on the Somme on 10 August 1916 and was buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery.[2][5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cowdenbeath 1905–06[3] Scottish Second Division 11 1 0 0 11 1
1909–10[3] Scottish Second Division 6 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 17 1 0 0 17 1

References

  1. ^ "Charles Penman Scott | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. ^ "Cowden will remember". Central Fife Times. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e McArthur, Brian. "The Men Commemorated on the Cowdenbeath War Memorial" (PDF). pp. 304–306. Retrieved 19 December 2018.


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