Jim Fiddes Explained

Jim Fiddes
Fullname:James Fiddes
Birth Date:1916 10, df=y
Birth Place:Grangemouth, Scotland
Death Date:1970 (aged 53)[1] [2]
Death Place:Falkirk, Scotland
Years1:
Years2:1934–1940
Clubs2:Rangers
Caps2:57
Goals2:14
Years3:1940–1951
Clubs3:Falkirk
Caps3:134
Goals3:15
Years4:1951–1952
Clubs4:Ross County
Years5:1952–1953
Clubs5:Stenhousemuir

James Fiddes BEM (3 October 1916 – 1970) was a Scottish footballer; he was a versatile player who featured at outside right, inside right and right half during his career.[3] [4]

Born in Grangemouth, Fiddes served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and played for Rangers, Falkirk and Stenhousemuir.[5] Having won a Scottish Cup (1936)[6] and a Scottish Football League title (1938–39) with Rangers before the war,[7] he also played for Falkirk in the 1947–48 Scottish League Cup Final.

After retiring from football in the 1950s, he joined BP as a tanker driver at Grangemouth Refinery. He became a prominent member of the Transport and General Workers' Union, serving as chairman, secretary, collector and shop steward of 7/51 Branch at the depot and by 1970 as chairman of the TGWU's Commercial Services Group.

Fiddes was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 1970 New Year Honours for his services to the petroleum industry and the TGWU.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.electricscotland.com/history/falkirk/grangemouth/grangemouth5.htm History of Grangemouth Historic Dates in History 1966–1972
  2. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-deaths&surname=FIddes&surname_so=exact&forename=James&forename_so=fuzzy&other_surname_so=exact&mmsurname_so=exact&birth_year=1916&birth_year_range=1&record_type=stat_deaths Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results
  3. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  4. http://www.falkirk-football-history.co.uk/2013/06/unsung-players-jimmy-fiddes.html?m=1 Unsung Players – Jimmy Fiddes
  5. Web site: Jim Fiddes. Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. 25 September 2015.
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5FVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KTQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3950%2C2937061 Rangers Retain Scottish Cup
  7. http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/player.php?playerid=1629 (Rangers player) Fiddes, James