Jim Forrest (footballer, born 1944)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Forrest | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1967 | Rangers | 105 | (83) |
| 1967–1968 | Preston North End | 26 | (3) |
| 1968–1973 | Aberdeen | 128 | (44) |
| 1973 | Cape Town City | ? | (?) |
| 1973–1975 | Hong Kong Rangers | ? | (?) |
| 1975–1976 | San Antonio Thunder | 5 | (0) |
| 1975 | Hawick Royal Albert (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1965–1971 | Scotland | 5 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
James "Jim" Forrest (born 22 September 1944) is a retired Scottish professional football striker who played for Rangers, Preston, Aberdeen and Hong Kong Rangers.
Career
Jim Forrest was born in Glasgow, and signed for Rangers as a schoolboy, and was sent for a short period to Drumchapel Amateurs for development. In coming in to the first-team, he displaced Jimmy Millar as the successful early 1960s Rangers side was breaking up. He was known as a prolific goalscorer – in total scoring 145 goals in his 163 games for Rangers, his 50th goal for the club coming in his 45th appearance. He scored 57 goals in the 1964–65 season, just two short of Jimmy McGrory of Celtic who holds the record of most goals scored in a season in British football. He holds the record for number of goals scored for Rangers in a League Cup match, scoring five in a 7–1 victory over Hamilton Academical F.C. on 30 October 1965.
His Rangers career came to an end shortly after the infamous Scottish Cup defeat to Berwick Rangers in January 1967. He and George McLean were deemed entirely to blame, and both were dropped and transferred within weeks. After spending a year at Preston, he had a five-year stint at Aberdeen, where he received a 1970 Scottish Cup winner's medal, before transferring to Hong Kong Rangers in 1973.
Family
Forrest's cousin, Alex Willoughby, was also a professional footballer. Amazingly, the two were team-mates at Drumchapel, Rangers, Aberdeen and Hong Kong Rangers.[1]
References
- ↑ Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who’s Who, 1872-1986 (Hardback). Hutton Press. (ISBN 0-907033-47-4).
