James Reid
Personal information
Full name James Greig Reid
Date of birth 1 May 1890
Place of birth Peebles, Scotland
Date of death 22 April 1938(1938-04-22) (aged 47)
Place of death Airdrie, Scotland
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Peebles Rovers
1909–1910 Partick Thistle 3 (0)
1910–1912 Lincoln City
1912–1927 Airdrieonians 351 (120)
1927–1928 Clydebank 26 (1)
International career
1912–1919 Scottish League XI 5 (6)
1914–1924 Scotland 3 (0)
1915 SFL XI (wartime) 1 (1)
1916–1919 Scotland (wartime) 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Greig Reid (1 May 1890 – 22 April 1938)[1][2] was a Scottish footballer who played for Lincoln City, Airdrieonians and Clydebank.[1][3]

While playing as a centre forward for Airdrie, he finished as the top scorer in Scottish Football League Division One in the 1912–13 and 1913–14 seasons;[4] he converted to an outside right after World War I to accommodate the emerging Hughie Gallacher, and was on the wing in the team that won the Scottish Cup in 1924;[5] the Diamonds were also runners-up in Division One four consecutive times in that period.[6]

Reid was selected three times for the Scotland national team[7] (plus two further unofficial wartime internationals) and also played for the Scottish Football League XI, scoring six times in five appearances[8] (and another in a wartime fundraising match).[9]

References

  1. 1 2 (Smith 2013, p. 242)
  2. ↑ Death of Famous Footballer, The Glasgow Herald, 23 April 1938 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  3. ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Scotland – List of Topscorers, RSSSF, 20 June 2019
  5. ↑ The Cup Final | Airdrieonians' First Success, The Glasgow Herald, 21 April 1924
  6. ↑ Greatest XI: Right Midfielder, Airdrieonians FC, 5 March 2016
  7. ↑ (Scotland player, including unofficial) James Reid, London Hearts Supporters Club
  8. ↑ (SFL player) James Greig Reid, London Hearts Supporters Club
  9. ↑ Association Football. Belgian Refugees' Fund, The Glasgow Herald, 17 May 1915
  • Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.


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