Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Glencross Slimmon [1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 August 1895 | ||
Place of birth | Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 23 July 1917[2] | (aged 21)||
Place of death | Ypres salient, Belgium [1] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Kilmarnock Hazelbank | |||
–1912 | St Andrews United | ||
1912–1913 | Auchinleck Talbot | ||
1913–1914 | Dumbarton | 1 | (0) |
1914–1916 | Kilmarnock | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Glencross Slimmon MM (2 August 1895 – 23 July 1917) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish League for Dumbarton and Kilmarnock as a left back. [3] [4]
Slimmon served as a second corporal in the Royal Engineers during the First World War. [1] He was awarded the Military Medal in 1916 for "gallantry and bravery in blowing up six German dugouts". [1] [5] Slimmon was killed by shellfire in the Ypres Salient on 23 July 1917 and was buried in Hop Store Cemetery, Vlamertinge. [1] [2] [5]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dumbarton | 1913–14 [6] | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Kilmarnock | 1914–15 [7] | Scottish First Division | 16 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
1915–16 [7] | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 17 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |