John Barbour (footballer)


John R. Barbour was a Scottish professional football inside right who played for Queen's Park, Dundee and Preston North End.

Personal life

Barbour attended Hutchesons' Grammar School and later worked in the audit office for a railway company, in addition to serving as a territorial. Barbour served as a lance corporal in the Highland Light Infantry during the First World War and was killed at High Wood during the Battle of the Somme on 15 July 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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