# Duncan Currie > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Duncan_Currie > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Duncan_Currie.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Currie > Source revision: 1307379242 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Scottish footballer (1892–1916)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Duncan Currie | fullname = Duncan Currie{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}} | birth_date = 13 August 1892 | birth_place = [Kilwinning](/source/Kilwinning), Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age |1916|7|1|1892|8|13|df=y}} | death_place = near [Ovillers-la-Boisselle](/source/Ovillers-la-Boisselle), France | position = [Full back](/source/Full_back_(association_football)) | years1 = {{0|0000}}–1912 | clubs1 = [Kilwinning Rangers](/source/Kilwinning_Rangers_F.C.) | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1912–1915 | clubs2 = [Heart of Midlothian](/source/Heart_of_Midlothian_F.C.) | caps2 = 45 | goals2 = 0 }} '''Duncan Currie''' (13 August 1892 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [full back](/source/Full_back_(association_football)) in the [Scottish League](/source/Scottish_Football_League) for [Heart of Midlothian](/source/Heart_of_Midlothian_F.C.). == Personal life == Currie's brothers [Bob](/source/Bob_Currie_(footballer)) and [Sam](/source/Sam_Currie) also became footballers.{{Cite web |title=(20) Page 14 – Sergeant Duncan Currie – Organisations > Hearts & the Great War – Rolls of honour |url=https://digital.nls.uk/rolls-of-honour/archive/100580149?mode=transcription |access-date=22 April 2020 |website=National Library of Scotland}} Currie served as a [sergeant](/source/sergeant) in [McCrae's Battalion](/source/McCrae's_Battalion) of the [Royal Scots](/source/Royal_Scots) during the [First World War](/source/First_World_War) and was killed [leading his platoon](/source/Platoon_sergeant) on the [first day of the Somme](/source/First_day_on_the_Somme).{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Phil |date=8 November 2008 |title=Hearts team that will never be forgotten |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/hearts-team-that-will-never-be-forgotten-fjq37qrsf9p |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 October 2024 |website=[The Times](/source/The_Times)}} During an assault on [La Boisselle](/source/Capture_of_La_Boisselle), he was shot in the right shoulder in [no-man's land](/source/no-man's_land) and died instantly.{{Cite web |title=Serjeant Duncan Currie |url=https://www.lochnagarcrater.org/docs/16/currie-18999.pdf |access-date=26 March 2020 |website=Lochnagar Crater}}{{Cite web |title=The Sporting Battalion |url=http://www.mccraesbattaliontrust.org.uk/the-sporting-battalion/ |access-date=17 September 2016 |website=McCraes Battalion Trust}} Currie is commemorated on the [Thiepval Memorial](/source/Thiepval_Memorial).{{CWGC|id=758078|accessdate=16 September 2016}} == Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |Scottish Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="4" |[Heart of Midlothian](/source/Heart_of_Midlothian_F.C.) |[1912–13](/source/1912%E2%80%9313_Scottish_Division_One){{Cite web |title=Duncan Currie – Hearts Career – from 29 Aug 1912 to 04 Dec 1915 |url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/newplayers/h00749.html |access-date=17 June 2017 |website=www.londonhearts.com}} |[Scottish First Division](/source/Scottish_Football_League_First_Division) |3 |0 |0 |0 |21 appearance in [Wilson Cup](/source/Wilson_Cup_(football)), 1 appearance in North Eastern Cup |0 |5 |0 |- |[1913–14](/source/1913%E2%80%9314_Scottish_Division_One) |Scottish First Division |6 |0 |0 |0 |42 appearances in [East of Scotland Shield](/source/East_of_Scotland_Shield), 2 appearances in [Rosebery Charity Cup](/source/Rosebery_Charity_Cup) |0 |10 |0 |- |[1914–15](/source/1914%E2%80%9315_Scottish_Division_One) |Scottish First Division |35 |0 | colspan="2" |— |31 appearance in [East of Scotland Shield](/source/East_of_Scotland_Shield), 1 appearance in [Wilson Cup](/source/Wilson_Cup_(football)), 1 appearance in [Rosebery Charity Cup](/source/Rosebery_Charity_Cup) |0 |38 |0 |- |[1915–16](/source/1915%E2%80%9316_Scottish_Division_One) |Scottish First Division |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 |1 |0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !45 !0 !0 !0 !9 !0 !54 !0 |} == Honours == '''Heart of Midlothian''' * [East of Scotland Shield](/source/East_of_Scotland_Shield): 1913–14{{Cite web |title=1914-04-30 Thu Hibernian 0 Hearts 1 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/191404301.html |access-date=14 September 2017 |website=www.londonhearts.com}} * [Rosebery Charity Cup](/source/Rosebery_Charity_Cup): 1913–14{{Cite web |title=1914-05-09 Sat Hibernian 2 Hearts 3 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/191405091.html |access-date=14 September 2017 |website=www.londonhearts.com}} * [Wilson Cup](/source/Wilson_Cup_(football)): 1914–15{{Cite web |title=1915-01-01 Fri Hibernian 1 Hearts 2 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/191501011.html |access-date=14 September 2017 |website=www.londonhearts.com}} * North Eastern Cup: 1912–13{{Cite web |title=1913-01-02 Thu Hearts 3 Falkirk 0 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/191301021.html |access-date=14 September 2017 |website=www.londonhearts.com}} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == *{{Lives of WWI|id=1061537}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Currie, Duncan}} Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:1916 deaths Category:British Army personnel of World War I Category:1892 births Category:Royal Scots soldiers Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Kilwinning Rangers F.C. players Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Category:McCrae's Battalion Category:British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme Category:Military personnel from North Ayrshire Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-defender-1890s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Duncan Currie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Currie) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Currie?action=history)). 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