Personal information | |||
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Full name | Harold McDonald Paul | ||
Date of birth | 31 August 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 18 April 1948(1948-04-18) (aged 61) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1905–1914 | Queen's Park | 163 | (31) |
International career | |||
1909 | Scotland | 3 | (2) |
1909 | Scottish League XI | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Harold McDonald Paul (31 August 1886 – 18 April 1948) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. He was capped by Scotland at international level.
Personal life
Paul attended Crieff Academy and Glasgow University, studying veterinary surgery at the latter institution. He later became a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. During the First World War, Paul served as an enlisted man in the Scottish Horse and then as an officer in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. He returned to veterinary surgery after the war.
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Queen's Park | 1904–05 | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1905–06 | Scottish First Division | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | |
1906–07 | Scottish First Division | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |
1907–08 | Scottish First Division | 23 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | |
1908–09 | Scottish First Division | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 10 | |
1909–10 | Scottish First Division | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | |
1910–11 | Scottish First Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
1911–12 | Scottish First Division | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
1912–13 | Scottish First Division | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |
1913–14 | Scottish First Division | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | |
Career total | 163 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 206 | 40 |
- Appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup.
- ^ Appearances in Glasgow Cup.
- 1 appearance in Glasgow Cup, 1 appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup.
- 2 appearances in Glasgow Cup, 1 appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup.
References
- ^ "Paul, Harold McDonald". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017" (PDF). p. 10. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
Further reading
- Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.
External links
- Harry Paul at the Scottish Football Association
- London Hearts profile (Scotland)
- London Hearts profile (Scottish League)
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- 1886 births
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Men's association football forwards
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- 1948 deaths
- Scottish Horse soldiers
- Royal Army Veterinary Corps officers
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Scottish veterinarians
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1880s birth stubs