Norrie Fairgray

Norman Murray Fairgray (28 October 1880 – 1968) was a Scottish professional footballer who played mainly as an outside left for Maxwelltown Volunteers, Kilmarnock, Lincoln City, Chelsea, Motherwell[3] and Queen of the South.[1]

Norrie Fairgray

Personal information
Full name	Norman Murray Fairgray
Date of birth	28 October 1880[1][2]
Place of birth	Dumfries, Scotland
Date of death	1968 (aged 87–88)
Place of death	Holywood, Scotland
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Dumfries Primrose
1901–1905	Maxwelltown Volunteers
1903	→ Kilmarnock (loan)	1	(0)
1905–1907	Lincoln City
1907–1914	Chelsea	79	(5)
1914–1915	Motherwell	32	(3)
1919–1921	Queen of the South
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Having made the move from Maxwelltown to Lincoln a year earlier alongside George Kennedy and George Nisbet,[4] Fairgray was signed for Chelsea in 1907 by manager David Calderhead, an ex-Queen of the South Wanderers player who had been Fairgray's manager at Lincoln.[5][6] Soon afterwards, Kennedy followed the same path. At Chelsea Fairgray scored five goals in 84 games over seven seasons.[6][2] At representative level he played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots annual trial match in 1908[7] and 1909[8] but was never selected for his country in a full international.[1][3]

In August 1919, by now in his late 30s and having been out of top-level football for some time, Fairgray signed for hometown club Queen of the South. He played in their first-ever competitive game, a first round tie in the Scottish Qualifying Cup against Thornhill at Palmerston Park.[9]