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Donald Sillars

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Sillars in Scotland kit, 1892

Donald Currie Sillars (30 October 1868 – 25 September 1905) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a half-back or (in emergencies) right back for Battlefield, Pollokshields Athletic, Queen's Park,[1] Rangers[2] and Scotland.[3][4][5] Sillars was also a captain in the Glasgow Highlanders.

Sillars died after being found injured on the Paisley and Barrhead Railway Line.[6]

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  1. ^ Name: Sillars, Donald Currie, QPFC.com
  2. ^ (Rangers player) Sillars, ?, FitbaStats
  3. ^ (Smith 2013, p. 258)
  4. ^ Donald Sillars at the Scottish Football Association
  5. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  6. ^ "Tragic death of an international football player". Lothian Courier: 3. 29 September 1905.
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