James Laing (footballer)

James Laing
Personal information
Full name James Higgins Laing[1]
Date of birth 1897
Place of birth Kilsyth, Scotland
Date of death 23 April 1917 (aged 19)[2]
Place of death near Rœux, France
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
East Stirlingshire
1916–1917 Falkirk 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Higgins Laing (1897 – 23 April 1917) was a Scottish footballer who made one appearance in the Scottish League for Falkirk as an inside right.[3]

  1. ^ "Falkirk Players Who Fell" (PDF). p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.