Jimmy Hazeldean
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James William Hazeldean[1] | ||
Place of birth | Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1980[2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1915–1919 | Heart of Midlothian | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James William Hazeldean was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian.[3]
Personal life[edit]
Hazeldean served as a private in McCrae's Battalion and the Labour Corps during the First World War.[1][4] He was shot in the thigh on the first day on the Somme and was later discharged from the army.[5][6] After the war, Hazeldean became a bottle blower.[2]
Career statistics[edit]
Club | Season | League | Total | |||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Heart of Midlothian | 1915–16[7] | Scottish First Division | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Career total | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Jimmy Hazeldean on Lives of the First World War
- ^ a b Beaujon, Andrew (1 May 2018). Bigger Field Awaits Us: The Scottish Football Team That Fought the Great War. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9780897337380.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "The Heart of Midlothian FC Players' Roll of Honour" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "The Heart of Midlothian players who fought at the Somme". Scotland Correspondent. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "The Sporting Battalion". McCraes Battalion Trust. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "James Hazeldean – Hearts Career – from 14 Aug 1915 to 02 Jan 1919". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
Categories:
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- McCrae's Battalion
- Royal Scots soldiers
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Royal Pioneer Corps soldiers
- British shooting survivors
- Glassblowers
- Scottish military personnel
- Scottish football forward stubs
- 1980 deaths