Elijah Cresswell
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Elijah Cresswell
| fullname = Elijah J Cresswell
| birth_date = 18 July 1889
| birth_place = Parkhead, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age |1931|11|4|1889|7|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Shettleston, Scotland
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 =
| years1 = 1913–1918
| clubs1 = Queen's Park
| caps1 = 97
| goals1 = 11
}}
Elijah J. Cresswell (18 July 1889 – 4 November 1931) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.{{Cite web |title=QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website |url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/c/cresswellej.htm |access-date=11 October 2016 |website=www.qpfc.com}}
Personal life
Cresswell worked as a claims inspector and as of 1915 was married with two children.{{Cite web |title=Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017 |url=https://queensparkfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Appendix-1.pdf |access-date=13 October 2016 |page=5}} In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, he enlisted as a guardsman in the Coldstream Guards.
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |Scottish Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |
|---|
| rowspan="5" |Queen's Park
|19 |3 |5 |2 |1Appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup |0 |25 |5 |
| 1914–15
|Scottish First Division |17 |2 | colspan="2" |— |42 appearances in Glasgow Cup, 1 appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, 1 appearance in War Fund Shield |0 |21 |2 |
| 1915–16
|Scottish First Division |34 |4 | colspan="2" |— |32 appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, 1 appearance in Glasgow Cup |0 |37 |4 |
| 1916–17
|Scottish First Division |5 |0 | colspan="2" |— |0 |6 |0 |
| 1917–18
|Scottish First Division |22 |2 | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 |22 |2 |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!97 !11 !5 !2 !9 !0 !111 !13 |
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Footballers from Glasgow
Category:Men's association football outside forwards
Category:Queen's Park F.C. players
Category:Coldstream Guards soldiers
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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