David Carswell Philip (1880 – 29 April 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a half back in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian, Raith Rovers and Leith Athletic.

Personal life

Philip served as an enlisted man in the Royal Scots during the First World War. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers on 2 April 1917 and was killed less than a month later on the Western Front. Philip is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.

David Philip

Career statistics

Honours

Heart of Midlothian

Scottish Cup (1): 1905–06

East of Scotland Shield (3): 1903–04, 1905–06, 1906–07

East of Scotland Cup (1): 1905–06

East of Scotland Cup & Wilson Cup (1): 1906–07

References

Scottish men's footballers

1917 deaths

British Army personnel of World War I

British military personnel killed in World War I

1880 births

Royal Scots soldiers

Scottish Football League players

Heart of Midlothian F.C. players

Footballers from Dundee

Men's association football wing halves

Leith Athletic F.C. players

Raith Rovers F.C. players

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers officers

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