Jimmy Todd (Scottish footballer)

James Colin Todd (1896 – 12 March 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers as an outside forward.[3]

Jimmy Todd

Personal information
Full name	James Colin Todd[1]
Date of birth	1896[2]
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	12 March 1916 (aged 20)[3]
Place of death	near Armentières, France
Position(s)	Outside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1914	Musselburgh
1914–1915	Raith Rovers	22	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Todd worked as a railway clerk.[4] After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Todd enlisted as a private in the McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots.[5] He was hit in the chest by shell fragments near Armentières, France on 12 March 1916 and died in a dugout shortly after, becoming the first footballer of the battalion to be killed in the war.[5] He was buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension.[1]

Honours

• Raith Rovers Hall of Fame[6]

References

1. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
2. Jimmy Todd on Lives of the First World War
3. "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
4. "Scottish football club unveils World War I Centenary kit". 1914centenary. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
5. "The Raith Rovers stars who never returned". Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
6. "Raith Rovers Hall of Fame". Raith Rovers FC. Retrieved 29 April 2020.