Jim Blair

James "Jim" Blair ( born January 13, 1947 in Calderbank; † 6 April 2011 Keerbergen, Belgium) was a Scottish football player. The striker played in Scotland, England and Belgium.

Sports career

Blair played for the Shotts Bon Accord FC, ​​in its competition team he made his debut in 1965. In 1967 he moved to second division side FC St. Mirren, where he shone as a regular scorer and ascended to the first division. Again, he was successful, so it campaigned in 1971 the League rival Hibernian from. There, however, he could not establish themselves and returned to a game time back to FC St. Mirren. Again, a successful goal scorer, committed in 1973 Norwich City players. In the First Division, he played only six times and remained without a goal. After the descent of the club to the end of the season in the second division, he moved to Belgium to KV Mechelen. Here he played until his retirement end 1977.

Blair died on 6 April 2011 at the age of 64 of natural causes. In previous years he had surgery underwent on the back and get a hip replacement.