Donald Sillars
Donald Currie Sillars (30 October 1868 – 25 September 1905) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a half-back or (in emergencies) right back for Battlefield, Pollokshields Athletic, Queen's Park,[1] Rangers[2] and Scotland.[3][4][5] Sillars was also a captain in the Glasgow Highlanders.
Sillars died after being found injured on the Paisley and Barrhead Railway Line.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Name: Sillars, Donald Currie, QPFC.com
- ^ (Rangers player) Sillars, ?, FitbaStats
- ^ (Smith 2013, p. 258)
- ^ Donald Sillars at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
- ^ "Tragic death of an international football player". Lothian Courier: 3. 29 September 1905.
- Sources
- Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.
External links
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- 1868 births
- 1905 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- People from Govan
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Pollokshields Athletic F.C. players
- Battlefield F.C. players
- Railway accident deaths in Scotland
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