Jim Blair

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Jim Blair
Personal information
Full name James Blair[1]
Date of birth (1947-01-13)13 January 1947
Place of birth Calderbank, Scotland
Date of death 6 April 2011(2011-04-06) (aged 64)
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 K.V. Mechelen 93 (14)
Total 251 (79)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

James 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 K.V. Mechelen.

Blair died at his home in Belgium on 6 April 2011, at the age of 64.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jim Blair". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ^ "Jim Blair: 1947-2011". St Mirren official website. 9 April 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  • Jim Blair at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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