FOOTBALL GREATS

AROUND 300 professional footballers lost their lives during World War One.

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KILLED IN ACTION: Sandy Turnbull with Man United in 1911

One of those was Donald Simpson, right, who played for Bradford Park Avenue, before serving as a Second Lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Regiment. He won the VC for taking out a machine gun nest during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, but the 25-year-old died attempting a similar act of bravery on July 10.