James Galloway (footballer)

James Blyth Galloway (3 July 1893 – 17 November 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Third Lanark as a centre forward.[2][3]

James Galloway
Personal information
Full name James Blyth Galloway[1]
Date of birth 3 July 1893
Place of birth Buckhaven, Scotland
Date of death 17 November 1918(1918-11-17) (aged 25)[1]
Place of death Kasauli, British India
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1913 Haywood Juniors
1913–1918 Third Lanark 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Galloway worked as an architect.[2][4] A territorial, he was called up for service when the First World War broke out in August 1914 and joined the Royal Field Artillery.[2] After a long period on the Western Front, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 16 September 1917.[5] Galloway was posted to India late in the war and died of pneumonia in Kasauli on 17 November 1918, just six days after the end of the war.[2] He was buried in Kasauli Cemetery.[1]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Third Lanark 1913–14[3] Scottish First Division 6 1 0 0 6 1
1917–18[3] 1 0 — 1 0
Career total 7 1 0 0 7 1

References
  1. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1918–1919" (PDF). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. 1893 Galloway, James Blyth (Statutory registers Births 459/2 175)
  5. "James Blyth Galloway | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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