Robert Reid (19 February 1911 – 16 November 1987) was a Scottish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as an outside left. His best remembered for his time in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made 110 appearances. Reid earned the nickname "the Flying Scotsman" for his performances down the wing for Hamilton Academical early in his career.
Club career Reid began his career in his native Scotland with Hamilton Academical and played for the club in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final. He moved to England in January 1936 to reunite with friend David McCulloch at First Division club Brentford. A spell out following an appendicitis operation in 1936 allowed Les Smith into the team, with whom Reid would battle for a place through the rest of his Bees career. During his three years at Griffin Park, he was among the club's leading scorers, behind David McCulloch.
Reid joined Sheffield United for a £6,000 fee in February 1939 and with his time at the club being affected by the Second World War, he made just 14 league appearances, scoring four goals, before his departure after the war in November 1946. Reid next spent a season with Bury, scoring 1 goal in 17 league appearances, before ending his career with a player-coach spell at Third Lanark.
International and representative career Reid won two caps for Scotland during the 1937–38 season. He also made two appearances for the Scottish League XI.
Post-playing career Reid served Bury, Third Lanark, Airdrieonians and former club Hamilton Academical as a physiotherapist, arriving back at Douglas Park in the late 1960s. By the time of his death in November 1987, Reid was still with the Accies, working also as kit man.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsHamilton Academical1932–33Scottish First Division3000—301933–34Scottish First Division920021 appearance and 1 goal in Lanarkshire Cup, 1 appearance in Southern Counties Cup11131934–35Scottish First Division3612701Appearance in Southern Counties Cup144131935–36Scottish First Division14500—145Total621970327221Brentford1935–36First Division183——1831936–37First Division281022—30121937–38First Division4017411Appearance in the Empire Exhibition Trophy045181938–39First Division173——173Total10333631011036Sheffield United1946–47First Division10——10Career total166521334218357
Honours Hamilton Academical Lanarkshire Cup: 1933–34, 1938–39 Southern Counties Cup: 1933–34, 1934–35
Individual
PFA Scotland Merit Award
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