James Crawford (footballer, born 1904)

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James Crawford
Personal information
Full name James M Crawford[1]
Date of birth (1904-05-21)21 May 1904
Place of birth Shettleston, Scotland[2]
Date of death May 1976 (aged 71–72)[3]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1937 Queen's Park 449 (102)
International career
1926–1935 Scotland Amateurs 10 (5)
1931–1933 Scotland 5 (0)
1931–1935 Scottish League XI 3 (1)
1936 Great Britain 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James M. Crawford (21 May 1904 – May 1976) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as an outside right for Queen's Park in the Scottish League in the 1920s and 1930s.[2]

Career

Crawford was one of the last amateur players to earn selection for Scotland and won five caps in the early 1930s.[3] As an amateur, he was also eligible for selection by Great Britain at the Olympic Games and he was chosen for the squad sent to Berlin in 1936.[3] He also represented Scotland at amateur level.[4]

Personal life

Crawford attended Whitehill Secondary School.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ James Crawford Archived 5 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, www.sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b "Crawford, James". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b c James Crawford at the Scottish Football Association
  4. ^ "FORGOTTEN GLORIES – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.