Jimmy Boyd (footballer)

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

Jimmy Boyd
Personal information
Full name James Murray Boyd
Date of birth 29 April 1907
Place of birth Possilpark, Scotland
Date of death March 22, 1991(1991-03-22) (aged 83)[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[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  
National team
1933[1] Scotland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 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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