Donald Currie Sillars (30 October 1868 – 25 September 1905) was a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, who played as a half-back or (in emergencies)

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for

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, Pollokshields Athletic, Queen's Park, Rangers and

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. Sillars was also a captain in the

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

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1868 births 1905 deaths Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Queen's Park F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Men's association football fullbacks People from Govan Footballers from Glasgow Pollokshields Athletic F.C. players Battlefield F.C. players Railway accident deaths in Scotland {{Scotland-footy-defender-1860s-stub

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