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Peter Grant (footballer, born 1879)

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Full name
  
Peter Gunn Grant

Place of birth
  
Gorbals, Scotland

Years
  
Team

Date of birth
  
3 June 1879

Place of death
  
Castlecary, Scotland

Playing position
  
Defender

Date of death
  
10 December 1937(1937-12-10) (aged 58)

Died
  
10 December 1937, Castlecary, United Kingdom

Peter Gunn Grant (3 June 1879 – 10 December 1937) was a Scottish amateur football full back who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.

Personal life

In 1917, three years into the First World War, Grant joined the French Army's Special Ambulance Service as a driver/mechanic. He was twice awarded the Croix de Guerre for "outstanding acts of bravery". Grant died in the Castlecary rail accident on 10 December 1937.

References

Peter Grant (footballer, born 1879) Wikipedia