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Bob Craig (Scottish footballer)

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Full name
  
Robert Craig

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Place of birth
  
Beith, Scotland

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Playing position
  
Defender

Date of death
  
19 April 1918 (aged 33)

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Robert "Bob" Craig was a Scottish professional football full back who played in the Scottish Football League for Dundee Hibernian, Celtic and Morton.

Personal life

Craig served as a private in the South Wales Borderers during the First World War and was wounded during a German attack at Messines, Belgium on 11 April 1918, during the Spring Offensive. He was moved to No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne-sur-Mer and died on 19 April 1918. He was buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.

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Bob Craig (Scottish footballer) Wikipedia


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