| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Gourlay | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Tarbolton, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 12 September 1970 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Greenock, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1908–1909 | Port Glasgow Athletic | 22 | (6) |
| 1909–1913 | Everton | 54 | (8) |
| 1913–1926 | Morton | 385 | (113) |
| Total | 461 | (127) | |
| International career | |||
| 1914–1919 [1] | Scottish Football League XI | 2 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Gourlay (11 January 1888 – 12 September 1970) [2] was a Scottish footballer. [3]
He played for Port Glasgow Athletic, and for Everton in England between 1909 and 1913 [4] before joining Morton as part of an exchange deal for John Fulton. [5] He remained an important member of the Greenock club's strong team in the era spanning World War I when they finished in the top four of the Scottish Football League for six seasons running, and won the War Fund Shield in 1915. [6]
Aged 34, Gourlay scored the only goal (with a free kick) in Morton's 1–0 win over Rangers in the 1922 Scottish Cup Final [7] which is, to date, the club's only major trophy. He later had a short spell at Third Lanark. [5]
Gourlay played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots annual trial match in 1914 [8] and was selected for the Scottish Football League XI either side of the war, but never gained a full international cap. His father James Gourlay played once for Scotland in 1888; they are related to the lawn bowls champions David Gourlay Sr. and David Gourlay Jr. [2]
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