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James McAdam (footballer)

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James McAdam
McAdam (centre) with other members of the Glasgow select team in 1880.
Personal information
Full name James McAdam[1][2]
Date of birth (1860-03-30)30 March 1860[2]
Place of birth Thornliebank, Scotland[2]
Date of death 16 October 1911(1911-10-16) (aged 51)[3]
Place of death New York City, United States
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Kerland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1878–1881 Third Lanark
1881–1884 Cumbrae
International career
1880 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James McAdam (30 March 1860 – 16 October 1911) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right winger.

Career

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McAdam played club football for Third Lanark, and made one appearance for Scotland in 1880.[4] A schoolmaster by profession, he worked on the Isle of Cumbrae and played for local teams,[5] and later emigrated to the United States.[4][3]

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (19 September 2019). "Scotland – International Matches 1872–1880". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "James McAdam". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  4. ^ a b Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 164.
  5. ^ Making progress on a Scotland Who's Who - and hitting brick walls, Andy Mitchell, Scottish Sport History, 30 November 2014