| Norrie Fairgray | |
| Fullname: | Norman Murray Fairgray |
| Position: | Outside left |
| Birth Date: | 28 October 1880 |
| Birth Place: | Dumfries, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Holywood, Scotland |
| Years1: | – |
| Clubs1: | Dumfries Primrose |
| Years2: | 1901–1905 |
| Clubs2: | Maxwelltown Volunteers |
| Years3: | 1903 |
| Clubs3: | → Kilmarnock (loan) |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1905–1907 |
| Clubs4: | Lincoln City |
| Years5: | 1907–1914 |
| Clubs5: | Chelsea |
| Caps5: | 79 |
| Goals5: | 5 |
| Years6: | 1914–1915 |
| Clubs6: | Motherwell |
| Caps6: | 32 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Years7: | 1919–1921 |
| Clubs7: | Queen of the South |
| Years8: | – |
Norman Murray Fairgray (28 October 1880 – 1968) was a Scottish professional footballer who played mainly as an outside left for Maxwelltown Volunteers, Kilmarnock, Lincoln City, Chelsea, Motherwell[1] and Queen of the South.[2]
Having made the move from Maxwelltown to Lincoln a year earlier alongside George Kennedy and George Nisbet,[3] Fairgray was signed for Chelsea in 1907 by manager David Calderhead, an ex-Queen of the South Wanderers player who had been Fairgray's manager at Lincoln.[4] [5] Soon afterwards, Kennedy followed the same path. At Chelsea Fairgray scored five goals in 84 games over seven seasons.[5] [6] At representative level he played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots annual trial match in 1908[7] and 1909[8] but was never selected for his country in a full international.[2] [1]
In August 1919, by now in his late 30s and having been out of top-level football for some time, Fairgray signed for hometown club Queen of the South. He played in their first-ever competitive game, a first round tie in the Scottish Qualifying Cup against Thornhill at Palmerston Park.[9]