Teddy McGuire
association football player
Edward M. McGuire was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian as an inside right.
Personal life
McGuire served as a private in the Royal Scots during the First World War. He was wounded in the arm by flying shrapnel on the first day on the Somme and as he fell, a machine gun bullet grazed his head. McGuire was later invalided out of the army.
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