Jimmy Boyd (footballer)

James Murray Boyd (29 April 1907 – 22 March 1991) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as an outside right.

Jimmy Boyd
Personal information
Full name James Murray Boyd
Date of birth (1907-04-29)29 April 1907
Place of birth Possilpark, Scotland
Date of death 22 March 1991(1991-03-22) (aged 83)[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
Springburn Hibs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Petershill
1924–1925 St Bernards  25 (2)
1925–1935 Newcastle United  184 (53)
1935–1937 Derby County  
1937 Bury  
1937–1938 Dundee  26 (4)
1938–1946 Grimsby Town  
International career
1933[1] Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Born in Glasgow, Boyd began his career with junior side Petershill before turning senior with Edinburgh side St Bernards.[2] He joined Newcastle United in 1925 and stayed there for ten years, making 214 appearances and scoring 64 goals for the Magpies.[3] During this period he helped his side win the FA Cup in 1932 and earned one cap for Scotland, in 1933;[4] however, the result was a defeat to Ireland[5] and he was one of five in the Scottish team who were not selected for international duty again.[6]

Boyd joined Derby County for £1,000 in May 1935, before moving to Bury then Dundee, both in 1937.[4] He joined Grimsby Town in 1938 and made guest appearances for Clapton Orient and Brighton and Hove Albion during the Second World War.[4] He remained a registered Grimsby player until 1946. He scouted for Newcastle and Middlesbrough after his playing retirement.[4]

Honours

Newcastle United

References
  1. "[Scotland player] James Boyd". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Player Profile: James Murray Boyd, Toon1892
  4. Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872-1986 (Hardback). Hutton Press. ISBN 0-907033-47-4. ().
  5. Disappointing Scots | Half-Backs and Wing Men Weak, The Glasgow Herald, 18 September 1933
  6. Sat 16 Sep 1933 Scotland 1 Northern Ireland 2, London Hearts Supporters Club


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