George Scott (footballer, born 1915)

George Scott
Personal information
Full name	George Gardiner Scott
Date of birth	11 June 1915
Place of birth	Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Date of death	26 July 1942 (aged 27)
Place of death	Dornoch Firth, off Tain, Scotland
Position(s)	Inside right
Senior career*
Years	Team
1930–1931	Parkview Rangers
1931	Cowdenbeath St Leonard's
1931	St Andrews United
1931–	Cowdenbeath
0000–1933	Parkview Rangers
1933	St Andrews United
1933	Lochgelly Albert
1933–1936	East Fife
1936	Cowdenbeath St Leonard's
1936–1939	Aberdeen
International career
	Scotland Schoolboys
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Gardiner Scott (11 June 1915 – 26 July 1942) was a Scottish professional football inside right who played in the Scottish League for East Fife and Aberdeen.^[2]

Personal life

Scott attended Lumphinnans Primary School.^[4] In 1941, during the Second World War, he enlisted in the RAF and during a period training in Canada, met and married his wife Jessie.^[1]^[3] Scott returned to Scotland in 1942 and was posted to No. 19 Operational Training Unit at RAF Kinloss.^[1] On 26 July 1942, Sergeant Scott, serving as an air gunner on board an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, took off from RAF Kinloss to conduct a cross-country training exercise. The aircraft suffered engine failure in mid-air, caught fire, and crashed into the Dornoch Firth off Tain, killing all 5 on board, including Scott. The Whitley was attempting to get to RAF Tain when it crashed.^[5]^[1]^[6] His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Air Forces Memorial.^[1]^[3]

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
East Fife	1933–34^[2]	Scottish Second Division	31	7	1	0	—		32	7
	1934–35^[2]		33	14	0	0	—		33	14
	1935–36^[2]		33	14	1	0	—		34	14
	1936–37^[2]		27	6	3	2	—		30	8
	Total		124	41	5	2	—		129	43
Aberdeen	1936–37^[1]	Scottish First Division	5	1	—		0	0	5	1
	1937–38^[1]		9	1	0	0	2^[a]	0	11	1
	1938–39^[1]		8	0	2	0	1^[a]	0	11	0
	Total		22	2	2	0	3	0	27	2
Career total			146	43	7	2	3	0	156	45

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust – Player Profile". www.afcheritage.org. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ "Cowden will remember". Central Fife Times. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ "Scott G". internationalbcc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "I never had chance to meet vibrant young man who was my uncle Errol". www.newmarketjournal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.