Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Watson [1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 January 1924 | ||
Place of birth | Plains, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] | ||
Date of death | 11 April 1996 | (aged 72)||
Place of death | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Armadale Thistle | |||
1946–1952 | Motherwell [3] | 147 | (48) |
1952–1957 | Huddersfield Town [3] | 140 | (29) |
1957–1959 | Dunfermline Athletic [3] | 58 | (31) |
Total | 345 | (108) | |
International career | |||
1947–1953 | Scotland [3] | 2 | (0) |
1950 | Scottish Football League XI | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Watson (16 January 1924 – 11 April 1996) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward for Armadale Thistle, Motherwell, [2] Huddersfield Town and Dunfermline Athletic. He won the Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1952, scoring in the 4–0 victory over Dundee (having also played in a defeat to Celtic in the previous year's final), and also claimed a winner's medal in the 1950–51 edition of the Scottish League Cup, a 3–0 win against the strong Hibernian team of the era.
Watson earned two caps for Scotland, both against Northern Ireland. [4] He was also selected for the Scottish Football League XI. [5]