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Scottish footballer

David Izatt
Personal information
Full name David Heron Izatt
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland
Date of death 1 July 1916 (aged 24)
Place of death Somme, France
Position(s) Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1915 Dunfermline Athletic 62 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Heron Izatt (1892 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Dunfermline Athletic as a half back.

Personal life

Izatt was a plumber by trade. Soon after the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, he enlisted as a private in the Royal Scots. Izatt was killed in Sausage Valley on the first day of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

References

  1. ^ "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. "A Brief Memorial To The Players Of Dunfermline Athletic F.C. Who Served In The Great War". Dunfermline Athletic & the Great War. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. "Private David Herron Izatt" (PDF). Lochnagar Crater. Retrieved 17 April 2020.


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