James Lundie (footballer)

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James Lundie
Personal information
Date of birth 20 April 1857
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 16 August 1942(1942-08-16) (aged 85)
Place of death Grimsby, England
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Lugar Boswell Thistle
1883–1887 Hibernian
1887–1895 Grimsby Town 106 (0)
International career
1886 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Lundie (20 April 1857 – 16 August 1942) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back.

Career[edit]

Born in Edinburgh, Lundie played club football for Lugar Boswell Thistle, Hibernian and Grimsby Town, and made one appearance for Scotland in 1886.[1] He won the Scottish Cup with Hibernian in 1887,[1] having become the club's joint-first Scotland international representative (alongside James McGhee) a year earlier.[2]

Lundie played for Grimsby a total of six seasons, making 106 league appearances.[3] He was club captain in 1890–91[4] and between 1892–93 and 1893–94 seasons.[5]

Later life[edit]

After retiring from playing he settled in Grimsby,[1] dying there in 1942.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 978-1909178847.
  2. ^ a b "James McGhee & James Lundie". Hibernian Historical Trust. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. ^ Dave Kelly (2013). The Grimsby Town Story 1878–2008. London: Yore Publications. pp. 162–167. ISBN 978-0-9557889-3-2.
  4. ^ Dave Kelly (2008). The Grimsby Town Story 1878–2008. London: Yore Publications. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-9557889-3-2.
  5. ^ Dave Kelly (2008). The Grimsby Town Story 1878–2008. London: Yore Publications. pp. 165–166. ISBN 978-0-9557889-3-2.