James Reid (footballer, born 1890)
James Greig Reid (1 May 1890 – 22 April 1938) was a Scottish footballer who played for Lincoln City, Airdrieonians and Clydebank.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Greig Reid | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Peebles, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 22 April 1938 (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 | |||
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; 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; the Diamonds were also runners-up in Division One four consecutive times in that period.
Reid was selected three times for the Scotland national team (plus two further unofficial wartime internationals) and also played for the Scottish Football League XI, scoring six times in five appearances (and another in a wartime fundraising match).