James Fiddes BEM (3 October 1916 – 1970) was a Scottish footballer; he was a versatile player who featured at outside right, inside right and right half during his career.[4][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Fiddes | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Grangemouth, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1970 (aged 53)[1][2] | ||
| Place of death | Falkirk, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Grange Rovers | ||
| 1934–1940 | Rangers | 57 | (14) |
| 1940–1951 | Falkirk | 134 | (15) |
| 1951–1952[3] | Ross County | ||
| 1952–1953 | Stenhousemuir | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Grangemouth, Fiddes served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and played for Rangers, Falkirk and Stenhousemuir.[5] Having won a Scottish Cup (1936)[6] and a Scottish Football League title (1938–39) with Rangers before the war,[7] he also played for Falkirk in the 1947–48 Scottish League Cup Final.
After retiring from football in the 1950s, he joined BP as a tanker driver at Grangemouth Refinery. He became a prominent member of the Transport and General Workers' Union, serving as chairman, secretary, collector and shop steward of 7/51 Branch at the depot and by 1970 as chairman of the TGWU's Commercial Services Group.
Fiddes was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 1970 New Year Honours for his services to the petroleum industry and the TGWU.[8]
Footnotes
edit- ^ History of Grangemouth | Historic Dates in History 1966–1972, Electric Scotland
- ^ Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results, ScotlandsPeople
- ^ a b Unsung Players – Jimmy Fiddes, Falkirk Football Historian, 10 June 2013
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Jim Fiddes". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ Rangers Retain Scottish Cup, The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1936
- ^ (Rangers player) Fiddes, James, FitbaStats
- ^ "No. 44999". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1969. p. 26.
References
edit- TGWU Record, February 1970
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