David Clyne

David Clyne
Personal information
Full name David Johnston Robertson Clyne
Date of birth 1 July 1916
Place of birth Dennistoun, Scotland
Date of death 12 May 1944(1944-05-12) (aged 27)
Place of death Vatersay, Scotland
Position Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1939 Queen's Park 5 (0)
International career
1938 Scotland Amateurs 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Johnston Robertson Clyne (1 July 1916 – 12 May 1944) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a right back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. He was capped by Scotland at amateur level.

Personal life

Clyne served as a flight sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. On 12 May 1944, Clyne took off from RAF Oban with 9 aboard in a Catalina flying boat to conduct a training exercise. Over Vatersay, Clyne became disoriented and the plane crashed into Heisheaval Beag hill, killing himself and two passengers. He was buried in Riddrie Park Cemetery, Glasgow.

References

  1. 1 2 "Clyne, David Johnston Robertson". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Remembering The Vatersay Catalina 75th Anniversary – Early Day Motions". edm.parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. ↑ McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George. "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). p. 325. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Queen's Park Football Club 1867–2017: 150 Years in Scottish Football......And Beyond" (PDF). p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Wartime air-crash recalled". welovetheisleofharris.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.