James Sharp | |
Birth Date: | 1894 |
Birth Place: | Denny, Scotland |
Death Date: | 26 April |
Death Place: | Flanders, Belgium |
Position: | Left back |
Clubs1: | Grange Rovers |
Years2: | 1913–1914 |
Clubs2: | Falkirk |
Caps2: | 5 |
Goals2: | 0 |
James Sharp (1894 – 26 April 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left back in the Scottish League for Falkirk.
Soon after the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Sharp enlisted as a private in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.[1] He was serving in the 7th Battalion when he was killed in Flanders on 26 April 1915. Sharp is commemorated on the Menin Gate.
Falkirk