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Red top & White shorts
First game of the season in Red and White.
(Aberdeen did play some games before in Red as an alternative and later Red and White, beating
Queens Park 2 v 1 at Pittodrie on the 18 Mar 1939, but this was the first full season.)
Aberdeen F.C. 1939–40
First game of the season in Red and White.
PLAYERS & MANAGER
George Johnstone
Football Player, No 1 GoalkeeperBirth: 20 Jan 1906 • Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland - Death: 06 Apr 1978 • Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Andrew David "Andy" Cowie
Football Player, No 2 Wing HalfBirth: 11 Mar 1913 • Motherwell, Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland - Death: 19 Jan 1972 • Inverness, Scotland
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Wilfred Adey
Football Player, No 3 Left BackBirth: 06 Jul 1909 • Featherstone, Yorkshire, England - Death: 01 Feb 1975 • Worksop, East Midlands, England
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Francis "Frank" Dunlop
Football Player, No 5 Centre Half (Capt.)Birth: 28 Apr 1913 • 152 Langlands Road, Govan, Lanark, Scotland - Death: Mar 1991 • Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland
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Sid Nicholson
Football Player, No 5 Centre Half (Capt.)Birth: Shildon, County Durham, England - Death: 28 Apr 1959 • Shildon, County Durham, England
George Thomson
Football Player, No 6 Left HalfBirth: - Death:
Dave Christie
Football Player, No 7 Outside RightBirth: Altnaharra, Sutherland, Scotland - Death:
George Hamilton
Football Player, No 9 Centre ForwardBirth: 07 Dec 1917 • Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland - Death: 22 May 2001 • Aberdeen, Scotland
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Matthew "Matt" Armstrong
Football Player, No 9 Centre ForwardBirth: 12 Nov 1911 • Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland - Death: 04 Oct 1995 • Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland
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Arthur Gilbert Biggs
Football Player, No 10 Inside LeftBirth: 26 May 1915 • Wootton, Bedfordshire, England - Death: 26 Oct 1938 • Luton, Bedfordshire, England
William Henry "Bill" Strauss
Football Player, No 11 Outside LeftBirth: 06 Jan 1916 • Benoni, Gauteng, Transvaal, South Africa - Death: 16 Nov 1984 • Plymouth, Devon, England
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David "Dave" Halliday
Team ManagerBirth: 11 Dec 1901 • Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland - Death: 05 Jan 1970 • Leicester, Leicestershire, England
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Family Tree Official's, Player's and staff details: Ancestry.com
A.F.C Official's, Player's and staff details source: AFC Heritage - The Official Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust.
Team Photo: Aberdeen Football Club, 1939-40 - Original B&W picture - No copyright - attached.
Header Background: Aberdeen Football Club, Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland, 2015 - Copyright © 2015 Graeme Watson.
Background photo: Football pitch grass, Aberdeen Football Club, Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland, 2015 - Copyright © 2015 Graeme Watson.
Individual Team Member Photos - Various sources and status, see individual profile page for details.
Additional information source: (Webster, Jack (2003). The First 100 years of The Dons: The official history of Aberdeen Football Club 1903 – 2003. Hodder & Stoughton, London.)
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Aberdeen F.C. - Family/DNA
An un-official compilation of the family tree of Aberdeen Football Club's official's, player's and staff from 1881 to present from one personal family tree.