{"id":15460,"date":"2014-08-06T18:27:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T18:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/?p=15460"},"modified":"2014-08-06T18:27:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T18:27:18","slug":"football-heroes-of-world-war-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/football-heroes-of-world-war-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Heroes Of World War One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/football1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/football1-393x400.png\" alt=\"football1\" width=\"393\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/football1-393x400.png 393w, https:\/\/www.onlinefocus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/football1.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are still in a reflective mood regarding the start of WW1, you? may want to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2009\/mar\/25\/the-knowledge-football-bravery-war\">this article from the football section of the Guardian<\/a> about footballers who won medals for bravery. Here&#8217;s an example:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Willie Angus (Celtic)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;No braver deed was ever done in the history of the British Army,&#8221; wrote Lt Colonel Gemmill, the commanding officer who witnessed Angus&#8217;s astonishing rescue of his friend James Martin. The pair had grown up in Carluke, Scotland, where Angus worked as a miner before signing for Celtic, for whom he made one first-team appearance. Unlike Bell and Vann, Angus survived to receive his Victoria Cross, awarded for braving bombs and machine-gun fire to bring the wounded Martin back from under the nose of a German trench. Angus lost an eye in the rescue. It really is a stunning tale, <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forvalour.com\/\">deserving of the full respect it is given here<\/a>. Thanks to Aidan Thomas for bringing Angus to our attention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; If you are still in a reflective mood regarding the start of WW1, you? may want to read this article from the football section of the Guardian about footballers who won medals for bravery. 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