James Watson (Rangers footballer)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name = James Watson

|image = Rangers FC team 1877 (Watson).jpg

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|caption = Watson with Rangers in 1877.

|fullname = James Andrew Kennedy Watson

|birth_date = 21 February 1855{{cite book|title=Glasgow Rangers: Player by Player|publisher=The Crowood Press|author1=Ferrier, Bob |author2=McElroy, Robert |name-list-style=amp|year=1990|isbn=1-85223-404-0}}

|birth_place = Bridgeton, Scotland

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1915|05|24|1855|02|21|df=y}}

|death_place = East Kilbride, Scotland

|height =

|position = Forward

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 =

|years1 = 1874–1878

|clubs1 = Rangers

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|goals1 =

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|totalgoals =

|nationalyears1 = 1878

|nationalteam1 = Scotland

|nationalcaps1 = 1

|nationalgoals1 = 1

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James Andrew Kennedy Watson (21 February 1855 – 24 May 1915) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Watson played club football for Rangers, taking part in the 1877 Scottish Cup Final, and made one appearance for Scotland in 1878, scoring one goal.{{cite book|title=Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013|author=Paul Smith|publisher=Pitch Publishing|year=2013|page=281}} He later served as a committee member, vice-president, and president of Rangers.[https://playupliverpool.com/1890/11/01/sketch-mr-james-watson-glasgow-rangers/ Sketch: Mr. James Watson (Glasgow Rangers)], Glasgow Evening Post, 1 November 1890, via Play Up Liverpool Away from football he was a schoolteacher.{{cite book | last = Mitchell | first = Andy | url=https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/the-men-who-made-scotland.html |title = The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 | publisher = Amazon | year = 2021 | isbn=9798513846642}}

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