Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stuart Samuel Baird [1] | ||
Date of birth | 13 May 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Denny, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 21 April 2010 | (aged 79)||
Place of death | Bangor, Northern Ireland [2] | ||
Position(s) | Inside left / Left half | ||
Youth career | |||
Rutherglen Glencairn | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1949–1954 | Clyde | 90 | (25) |
1954–1955 | Preston North End | 15 | (2) |
1955–1960 | Rangers | 122 | (39) |
1960–1962 | Hibernian | 39 | (5) |
1962–1963 | Third Lanark | 24 | (1) |
1963–1964 | Stirling Albion | 12 | (1) |
Total | 302 | (73) | |
International career | |||
1954–1958 | Scottish League XI [3] | 5 | (1) |
1956–1958 | Scotland | 7 | (2) |
1958 [4] | SFA trial v SFL | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1963–1968 | Stirling Albion | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stuart Samuel Baird (13 May 1930 – 21 April 2010) was a Scottish football player and manager.
During his playing career he played for Clyde, Preston North End, Rangers, Hibernian, Third Lanark and Stirling Albion. He won three Scottish league titles ( 1956, 1957 and 1959) and one Scottish Cup ( 1960) with Rangers.
Baird won the Division Two title in 1951–52 with Clyde. [2] Baird scored five times for Rangers as they reached the 1959–60 European Cup semi finals and was influential for Hibernian on their run to the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup semi finals. Preston paid £12,000 for his signature and Rangers paid £10,000 for his services. Hibs then forked out £5,000 for him. [5]
He earned seven international caps for Scotland from 1956 to 1958. He scored on his debut against Yugoslavia, and also in his last match, a 2–1 defeat by France in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. The latter goal was the first time a Rangers player scored in a World Cup Finals match. [6] He remains the only Rangers player to do so. [7]
Additionally, Baird represented the Scottish League XI on five occasions. He scored in his last appearance against the Football League XI at Ibrox in 1958. [8]
He earned earlier representative honours with Clyde. In 1953 against the British Army, Baird converted a penalty for Scotland XI in 2–2 draw at Goodison Park. [9] As preparation for the FIFA World Cup, Baird played for a Scotland XI in a couple of trial matches in 1958. [10]
As Stirling Albion manager, Baird led the team to promotion to Division One winning the Division Two title in 1964–65. [2]
His Albion team became the first British and first professional team to tour Japan in 1966. [11] The results of the two-match tour were 3–1 against a Japanese All Stars XI and 4–2 against the Japan national team. [11]
He was later sacked in 1968 because the club were heading for relegation back to Division Two. [2]
Baird died on the morning of 21 April 2010. [6]
Clyde
Rangers
Hibernian
Third Lanark
Stirling Albion
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Stuart Samuel Baird [1] | ||
Date of birth | 13 May 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Denny, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 21 April 2010 | (aged 79)||
Place of death | Bangor, Northern Ireland [2] | ||
Position(s) | Inside left / Left half | ||
Youth career | |||
Rutherglen Glencairn | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1949–1954 | Clyde | 90 | (25) |
1954–1955 | Preston North End | 15 | (2) |
1955–1960 | Rangers | 122 | (39) |
1960–1962 | Hibernian | 39 | (5) |
1962–1963 | Third Lanark | 24 | (1) |
1963–1964 | Stirling Albion | 12 | (1) |
Total | 302 | (73) | |
International career | |||
1954–1958 | Scottish League XI [3] | 5 | (1) |
1956–1958 | Scotland | 7 | (2) |
1958 [4] | SFA trial v SFL | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1963–1968 | Stirling Albion | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stuart Samuel Baird (13 May 1930 – 21 April 2010) was a Scottish football player and manager.
During his playing career he played for Clyde, Preston North End, Rangers, Hibernian, Third Lanark and Stirling Albion. He won three Scottish league titles ( 1956, 1957 and 1959) and one Scottish Cup ( 1960) with Rangers.
Baird won the Division Two title in 1951–52 with Clyde. [2] Baird scored five times for Rangers as they reached the 1959–60 European Cup semi finals and was influential for Hibernian on their run to the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup semi finals. Preston paid £12,000 for his signature and Rangers paid £10,000 for his services. Hibs then forked out £5,000 for him. [5]
He earned seven international caps for Scotland from 1956 to 1958. He scored on his debut against Yugoslavia, and also in his last match, a 2–1 defeat by France in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. The latter goal was the first time a Rangers player scored in a World Cup Finals match. [6] He remains the only Rangers player to do so. [7]
Additionally, Baird represented the Scottish League XI on five occasions. He scored in his last appearance against the Football League XI at Ibrox in 1958. [8]
He earned earlier representative honours with Clyde. In 1953 against the British Army, Baird converted a penalty for Scotland XI in 2–2 draw at Goodison Park. [9] As preparation for the FIFA World Cup, Baird played for a Scotland XI in a couple of trial matches in 1958. [10]
As Stirling Albion manager, Baird led the team to promotion to Division One winning the Division Two title in 1964–65. [2]
His Albion team became the first British and first professional team to tour Japan in 1966. [11] The results of the two-match tour were 3–1 against a Japanese All Stars XI and 4–2 against the Japan national team. [11]
He was later sacked in 1968 because the club were heading for relegation back to Division Two. [2]
Baird died on the morning of 21 April 2010. [6]
Clyde
Rangers
Hibernian
Third Lanark
Stirling Albion