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Scottish footballer
Jimmy Reid
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Full name
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James Provan Reid
[1]
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Date of birth
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(
1935-12-14
)
14 December 1935
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Place of birth
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Dundee
, Scotland
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Date of death
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9 October 2017
(2017-10-09)
(aged 81)
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Place of death
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Dundee, Scotland
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Position(s)
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Inside forward
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Years
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Team
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Apps
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(
Gls
)
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Dundee St Joseph's
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1955?1957
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Dundee United
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44
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(16)
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1957?1959
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Bury
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21
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(9)
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1959
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Stockport County
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11
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(2)
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1959
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Dundee United
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7
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(1)
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1959?1960
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East Fife
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13
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(5)
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1960?1961
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Arbroath
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9
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(4)
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1961?1962
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Brechin City
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15
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(4)
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Total
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120
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(41)
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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James Provan Reid
(14 December 1935 ? 9 October 2017) was a Scottish
footballer
who played as an
inside forward
for clubs including
Dundee United
,
Bury
and
Stockport County
.
Playing career
[
edit
]
Born in
Dundee
, Jimmy Reid played
junior football
for Dundee St Joseph's.
[2]
He made his
Scottish Football League
debut for
Dundee United
in March 1955, playing as a
trialist
against
Hamilton Academical
and then signing for the club immediately afterwards.
[3]
He was a regular for the next two years until he was transferred to
Football League
club
Bury
in January 1957. He then joined
Stockport County
in March 1959 before returning to Dundee United in August 1959. Three months later he joined
East Fife
, later going on to play for
Arbroath
and
Brechin City
as well as junior teams.
[
citation needed
]
After retiring as a player, Reid opened a shop in the Seagate area of Dundee, which he ran for almost fifty years. He died in a Dundee care home in October 2017 aged 81, having suffered from dementia.
[2]
References
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edit
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External links
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edit
]
- Jimmy Reid
at Post War English & Scottish Football League A?Z Player's Transfer Database