Donald Kennedy (footballer)

Donald Hall Kennedy MM (1888 – 18 November 1916) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish League for Abercorn, Arthurlie and Vale of Leven as a forward and half back.

Personal life

Prior to the First World War, Kennedy worked as a sculptor in Cathcart. He served as a sergeant in the Highland Light Infantry during the war and was awarded the Military Medal during the course of his service. Kennedy was killed at Beaumont-Hamel on 18 November 1916 and was buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 1.

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British Army personnel of World War I

British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme

1888 births

1916 deaths

People from Ardrossan

Scottish men's footballers

Scottish male sculptors

Men's association football forwards

Men's association football outside forwards

Men's association football wing halves

Men's association football fullbacks

Highland Light Infantry soldiers

Scottish Football League players

Arthurlie F.C. players

Scottish military personnel

Vale of Leven F.C. players

Abercorn F.C. players

Recipients of the Military Medal

20th-century Scottish male artists