| 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 | ||
| Positions | |||
| 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 Scottishfootballer who played forLincoln City,Airdrieonians andClydebank.[1][3]
While playing as acentre forward for Airdrie, he finished as the top scorer inScottish Football League Division One in the1912–13 and1913–14 seasons;[4] he converted to anoutside right afterWorld War I to accommodate the emergingHughie Gallacher, and was on the wing in the team that won theScottish Cup in1924;[5] theDiamonds were also runners-up in Division One four consecutive times in that period.[6]
Reid was selected three times for theScotland national team[7] (plus two further unofficial wartime internationals) and also played for theScottish Football League XI, scoring six times in five appearances[8] (and another in a wartime fundraising match).[9]
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