James Conlin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Conlin

English footballer

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1881

Place of Birth: Consett, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-Jun-1917

Profession: association football player

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

James Conlin (6 July 1881 – 23 June 1917) was an English footballer who played as a left-sided winger. Although born in England he spent most of his life in Scotland.
He played club football for Falkirk, Albion Rovers, Bradford City, Manchester City, Birmingham City and Airdrieonians between 1899 and 1913.
He represented the English national side once, in 1906, in a match against Scotland, and he was only the second player in British football to be transferred for a fee of £1,000.
He retired from football in 1914 just prior to the outbreak of the First World War, and was subsequently killed in action on 23 June 1917 while serving his country in Flanders prior to the Third Battle of Ypres.
He has no known remains or grave, his death being commemorated instead on the Nieuport Memorial, Arrondissement Veurne, West-Vlaanderen.