James Comrie

James Comrie (31 March 1881 – 9 August 1916), sometimes known as Jock Comrie, was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Glossop and Lincoln City as a centre half.

Personal life
Comrie's younger brother George, cousin John and nephew Malcolm were also footballers. While a part-time footballer with Lincoln City, he worked as an attendant at Bracebridge Pauper Lunatic Asylum. In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Comrie enlisted as a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He died of wounds inflicted by a German trench mortar on 9 August 1916 near Méteren, France, during the Battle of the Somme. Comrie is commemorated on the Menin Gate.

Honours
Third Lanark
 * Scottish Cup: 1904–05

Career statistics
