James Sharp (footballer, born 1894)
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = James Sharp
| birth_date = 1894
| birth_place = Denny, Scotland
| death_date = 26 April {{Death year and age|1915|1894}}
| death_place = Flanders, Belgium
| position = Left back
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Grange Rovers
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1913–1914
| clubs2 = Falkirk
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 0
}}
James Sharp (1894 – 26 April 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left back in the Scottish League for Falkirk.
Personal life
Soon after the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Sharp enlisted as a private in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.{{Cite web |title=They Died in the Conflict during Season 1914–1915 |url=http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/pdf_Season_1914-1915_(Fell).pdf |access-date=15 May 2018 |page=4 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135909/http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/pdf_Season_1914-1915_(Fell).pdf |url-status=dead }} He was serving in the 7th Battalion when he was killed in Flanders on 26 April 1915.{{CWGC|id=916354|accessdate=15 May 2018}} Sharp is commemorated on the Menin Gate.
Honours
Falkirk
References
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:British military personnel killed in World War I
Category:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Footballers from Denny, Falkirk
Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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