Jim Rodger
{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1933–2024)}}
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James McPhail Rodger (15 September 1933 – 3 May 2024) was a Scottish footballer.{{Hugman|17022|accessdate=11 April 2017}} An inside forward and a right winger,{{NeilBrownPlayers|player4/jimrodger}} Rodger played for Rangers, St Mirren, Newport County, Hearts, Queen of the South and East Fife. After his football career, Rodger was an educator, becoming Headmaster at Portree High School. He died on 3 May 2024, at the age of 90.{{cite news |title=St Mirren pay condolences following sad passing of Jim Rodger |url=https://www.stmirren.com/all-news/5401-st-mirren-pay-condolences-following-sad-passing-of-jim-rodger |access-date=5 May 2024 |publisher=St. Mirren F.C. |date=5 May 2024}}
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External links
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- [http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/rodgerjim.html Jim Rodger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005100652/http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/rodgerjim.html |date=5 October 2017 }}, London Hearts Supporters' Club
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Category:People from Cleland, North Lanarkshire
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Footballers from North Lanarkshire
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:English Football League players
Category:St Mirren F.C. players
Category:Newport County A.F.C. players
Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Category:Queen of the South F.C. players
Category:East Fife F.C. players
Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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