| Jimmy Gourlay | |
| Fullname: | James Gourlay |
| Birth Date: | 11 January 1888 |
| Birth Place: | Tarbolton, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Greenock, Scotland |
| Years1: | 1908–1909 |
| Clubs1: | Port Glasgow Athletic |
| Caps1: | 22 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 1909–1913 |
| Clubs2: | Everton |
| Caps2: | 54 |
| Goals2: | 8 |
| Years3: | 1913–1926 |
| Clubs3: | Morton |
| Caps3: | 385 |
| Goals3: | 113 |
| Years4: | – |
| Totalcaps: | 461 |
| Totalgoals: | 127 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1914–1919[1] |
| Nationalteam1: | Scottish Football League XI |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
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]