Charles Scott Ogilvie (19 December 1884 – 1939) was a Scottish amateur

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who played as an outside left in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.

Personal life

Ogilvie emigrated to Canada in October 1912 and worked as a

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. After Canada's entry into the

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in August 1914, Ogilvie joined the

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and became a corporal in a Canadian Highlander battalion.

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1884 births Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players Men's association football outside forwards Queen's Park F.C. players Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers Footballers from East Renfrewshire Scottish emigrants to Canada 1939 deaths Scottish civil engineers {{Scotland-footy-forward-1880s-stub