James "Jimmy" Anderson Davidson (born 8 November 1925 in Douglas Water, South Lanarkshire

Douglas Water, South Lanarkshire

Douglas Water is a small village in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Named after the Douglas Water, which flows through the village, local mining operations provided employment to local people, and the village was bolstered by the Coltness Iron and Coal Company establishing an operation nearby...

, died 24 January 1996) was a Scottish

Scotland

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 footballer who played for Partick Thistle

Partick Thistle F.C.

Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908...

, Inverness Caledonian and the Scotland national team

Scotland national football team

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Davidson joined Partick from Muirkirk in 1945 and played and played for the Maryhill club for the next 15 years. During this time he helped the side to three League Cup

Scottish League Cup

The Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...

 finals (all lost) and gained selection to the Scottish League

Scottish Football League

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 representative side five times. He also earned a total of eight caps

Cap (sport)

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 for Scotland between 1954 and 1955, scoring once in a 2–2 draw with Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland national football team

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 in November 1954. He was part of the side which made Scotland's first appearance in the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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 finals, in Switzerland in 1954

1954 FIFA World Cup

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Davidson left Partick in 1960, joining Highland League

Highland Football League

The Press & Journal Highland Football League is a league of football clubs operating not just in the Scottish Highlands, as the name may suggest, but also in the north-east lowlands...

 side Inverness Caley for three seasons. Upon his playing retirement he rejoined Partick as groundsman. His brother Andy was also a professional footballer, who holds the most appearances record for Hull City

Hull City A.F.C.

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