Stuart Macrae (7 December 1855 – 27 January 1927) was an English international

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, who played as a half back.

Career

Macrae played for

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, and Newark Town and ended his career at

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. At national level, despite his Scottish heritage (the son of a clan chieftain whose work as an army surgeon had caused him to relocate to India),Stuart MacRae
Scots Football Worldwide as an overseas-born subject of the British Empire he was only eligible for

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under the rules at the time, besides which he was already living in

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having moved south to work at a brewing firm. He earned five caps between 1883 and 1884. His younger brother was

John MacRae-Gilstrap Lieutenant Colonel John MacRae-Gilstrap (31 December 1861 – January 1937) was a British army officer and a senior figure of the Clan Macrae. He contested a rival claim to the chiefship of the clan, and in 1912 he purchased and subsequently resto ...

, credited with restoring the

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Later life

Macrae partook in many areas of amateur sport and was the first president and captain of Newark Golf Club until his death in 1927.Newark Golf Club

References

1855 births 1927 deaths English men's footballers England men's international footballers Notts County F.C. players Newark Town F.C. players Corinthian F.C. players English Football League players English people of Scottish descent Men's association football wing halves People educated at Edinburgh Academy Stuart British people in colonial India {{England-footy-defender-1850s-stub

Career

Later life

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