Paddy Crossan

Personal life Crossan joined Hearts from Arniston Rangers on 8 Nov 1911, aged 17, alongside Willie Wilson. He lodged at Wilson's family home which was very close to the Tynecastle ground. He was powerful and an extremely fast runner, and supplemented his income occasionally by racing under pseudonyms. Crossan was considered by many to be very good looking and it was said that although he could pass a ball, he could not pass a mirror!

After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Crossan enlisted in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots. Around the same time he was selected for the Scottish League XI with teammates Peter Nellies, James Low and Harry Graham.

Once on active service, he was hit in the leg by shrapnel near Bazentin, France on 9 August 1916, during the Battle of the Somme.

Paddy married the sister of Harry Wattie on 30 July 1926.

After his retirement from football, he opened Paddy's Bar on Rose Street in Edinburgh. Crossan died of tuberculosis in 1933 and was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery.