Jock Purdie

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jock Purdie

| fullname = James John Purdie

| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|5|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Berwick-upon-Tweed, England

| death_date = {{death date and age |1988|2|29|1918|5|24|df=y}}

| death_place = Margate, England

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1939–1940

| clubs1 = Bradford (Park Avenue)

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1945–1946

| clubs2 = Airdrieonians

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1946–1948

| clubs3 = Millwall

| caps3 = 50

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1948–1949

| clubs4 = Kilmarnock

| caps4 = 10

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1949

| clubs5 = Southport

| caps5 = 6

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1949–1950

| clubs6 = Tonbridge

| caps6 = 43

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1950–

| clubs7 = Aldershot

| caps7 = 16

| goals7 = 0

| years8 =

| clubs8 = Chelmsford City

| caps8 =

| goals8 =

}}

James John Purdie (24 May 1918 – 29 February 1988) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Millwall, Aldershot and Southport as a goalkeeper.{{Hugman|16199|accessdate=25 February 2017}}{{Cite news |title=Player Details |url=https://www.southportfootballclub.co.uk/players/player-details/?id=1477 |access-date=8 January 2017 |work=Port Online |language=en-GB}}{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}} He also played in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock and Airdrieonians.{{Cite web |title=Kilmarnock Player John Purdie Details |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/kilmarnock/player.php?playerid=7324 |access-date=29 June 2016 |website=www.fitbastats.com}}{{Cite web |title=Scottish League appearance records – PQ |url=http://sfha.org.uk/Appearance%20Records%20-%20P%20-%20Q.doc |access-date=16 April 2019 |website=Scottish Football Historical Archive}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |National cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup}}

! colspan="2" |League cup{{efn|Includes Scottish League Cup}}

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="3" |Millwall

|1946–47{{Cite web |title=Millwall Season 46/47 Stats |url=http://www.millwall-history.org.uk/Millwall-Stats46-47.htm |access-date=8 June 2017 |website=www.millwall-history.org.uk}}

|Second Division

|31

|0

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|32

|0

1947–48{{Cite web |title=Millwall Season 47/48 Stats |url=http://www.millwall-history.org.uk/Millwall-Stats47-48.htm |access-date=8 June 2017 |website=www.millwall-history.org.uk}}

|Second Division

|19

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|19

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!50

!0

!1

!0

! colspan="2" |—

! colspan="2" |—

!51

!0

Kilmarnock

|1948–49

|Scottish Second Division

|10

|0

|0

|0

|3

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|13

|0

Southport

|1948–49

|Third Division North

|7

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|1Appearance in Liverpool Senior Cup

|0

|8

|0

rowspan="3" |Tonbridge

|1949–50{{Cite web |title=Up There Cazaly! – 1949–50 |url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.pitchero.com/clubs/9969/vRtTKFdVSLmglC809Nv4_cazaly1949.pdf |access-date=31 August 2024 |website=tonbridgeangels.co.uk |page=11}}

|Southern League

|41

|0

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|115 appearances in Kent Senior Cup, 4 appearances in Southern League Cup, 2 appearances in Kent Senior Shield

|0

|54

|0

1950–51{{Cite web |title=Up There Cazaly! – 1950–51 |url=https://www.tonbridgeangels.co.uk/documents/revised-up-there-cazaly-no-3/53.pdf |access-date=31 August 2024 |website=tonbridgeangels.co.uk |page=10}}

|Southern League

|2

|0

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|3

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!43

!0

!3

!0

! colspan="2" |—

!11

!0

!57

!0

colspan="3" |Career total

!110

!0

!4

!0

!3

!0

!12

!0

!129

!0

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