Jim Blair
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Blair | ||
Date of birth | 13 January 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Calderbank, Scotland | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Place of death | Keerbergen, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Shotts Bon Accord | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1970 | St. Mirren | 84 | (40) |
1970–1971 | Hibernian | 18 | (5) |
1971–1973 | St. Mirren | 50 | (20) |
1973–1974 | Norwich City | 6 | (0) |
1974–1977 | KV Mechelen | 93 | (14) |
Total | 251 | (79) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James "Jim" Blair (13 January 1947 – 6 April 2011) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a striker. Active between 1967 and 1977 in Scotland, England and Belgium, Blair made 158 appearances in the Scottish Football League and the Football League, scoring 65 goals.
Born in Calderbank, Blair played youth football for Shotts Bon Accord before turning professional with St. Mirren in 1967. Blair moved to Hibernian in 1970, before returning to St. Mirren a year later. Blair played in England for Norwich City between 1973 and 1974, before playing with Belgian club KV Mechelen.
Blair died at his home in Belgium on 6 April 2011, at the age of 64.[1]
References
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- Jim Blair, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
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- 1947 births
- 2011 deaths
- Scottish footballers
- Shotts Bon Accord F.C. players
- St. Mirren F.C. players
- Hibernian F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- The Football League players
- Scottish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Belgian Pro League players
- KV Mechelen players
- Sportspeople from North Lanarkshire
- Scottish football forward stubs