Duncan Currie
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Full name
Duncan Currie[1]
Date of birth
13 August 1892
Place of birth
Kilwinning, Scotland
Date of death
1 July 1916 (aged 23)[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Duncan Currie[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Kilwinning, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1916 (aged 23)[2] | ||
| Place of death | near Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1912 | Kilwinning Rangers | ||
| 1912–1915 | Heart of Midlothian | 45 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Duncan Currie (13 August 1892 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian.[1]
Currie's brothers Bob and Sam also became footballers.[4] Currie served as a sergeant in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War and was killed leading his platoon on the first day of the Somme.[5] During an assault on La Boisselle, he was shot in the right shoulder in no-man's land and died instantly.[3][6] Currie is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[2]
