James Tullis "Jimmy" Logie (23 November 1919 – 30 April 1984) was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

er.

Born in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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 and raised in the city's Grassmarket

Grassmarket

The Grassmarket is an historic market square in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland.In relation to the rest of the city the area is a hollow, well below surrounding ground levels.-Location:...

, Logie first played for Scottish junior side Lochore Welfare

Lochore Welfare F.C.

Lochore Welfare F.C. are a Scottish football club from the village of Crosshill, Fife. Members of the Scottish Junior Football Association, the club currently compete in the SJFA East Central Division. Originally formed in 1934, the club are based at Central Park and their present home colours are...

, before being signed by London

London

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 giants Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

 in June 1939. Soon afterwards World War II

World War II

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 broke out, and Logie was called up; he served in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 for the entire duration of the conflict, guesting for hometown St Bernards

St Bernard's F.C.

St Bernard's F.C. were a Senior Scottish football club based in Edinburgh from 1878 to 1943....

, Dunfermline Athletic

Dunfermline Athletic F.C.

Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They currently compete in the Scottish Premier League....

 and Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town F.C.

Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...

 when his service permitted. In 1940, he made a guest appearance, scoring once, for Southampton

Southampton F.C.

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.

After being demobbed he rejoined Arsenal, playing several wartime matches, before making his full first-team debut against Wolves

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

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 on August 31, 1946. Logie was a talented and creative player (many observers likened him to his fellow countryman Alex James

Alex James (footballer)

Alexander Wilson James was a Scottish footballer, and is most noted for his success with Arsenal, where he is regarded as one of the club's greatest players of all time. James played as an inside forward, as a supporting player for the main strikers...

, who had played for Arsenal in the 1930s), and for the next eight seasons he was a regular in the Arsenal side, playing at inside forward. He took part in all of Arsenal's early post-war successes; Arsenal won two First Division

Football League First Division

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 titles in 1947-48

1947-48 in English football

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 and 1952-53

1952-53 in English football

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, and the 1949-50

1949-50 in English football

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 FA Cup

FA Cup

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 – Logie set up both goals in a 2-0 win over Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

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 in the final. In the latter stages of his career he also served as Arsenal vice-captain, behind Joe Mercer

Joe Mercer

Joseph 'Joe' Mercer, OBE was an English football player and manager.-Playing career:Mercer was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, the son of a former Nottingham Forest and Tranmere Rovers footballer, also named Joe. Joe Mercer senior died, following health problems resulting from a gas attack...

.

Despite his success at Arsenal, Logie only ever won a single a cap for Scotland

Scotland national football team

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, playing against Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland national football team

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 on November 5, 1952. In all he played 328 matches for Arsenal, scoring 76 goals. He left the Gunners in February 1955, joining non-league Gravesend & Northfleet

Gravesend & Northfleet F.C.

Ebbsfleet United Football Club is an English professional football team currently playing in the Conference National. The team plays their home matches at Stonebridge Road in Northfleet, Kent. However, the club is now looking to build a new stadium in the Ebbsfleet Valley vicinity in...

, as player-manager, lasting there until 1960.

After retirement Logie fell on hard times; football was not the lucrative profession it is currently, and Logie was a keen gambler

Gambling

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. He eventually ended up working in a newsagent

Newsagent

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s in Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus

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. He died in 1984, aged 64.