James Gordon Easson (2 July 1928 – 26 November 2009) was a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, who played as a

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for East Fife and

Worcester City Worcester City Football Club is an English football club based in Worcester, Worcestershire. The club play in the Midland Football League, the ninth tier of English football. Established in 1902, the club play at Claines Lane. Worcester City's ...

. Easson was born in

Windygates Windygates is a small village and surrounding district in central Fife, Scotland. The district encompasses the following villages, farms and estates; Wellsgreen Farm, Little Lun Farm, Woodbank Farm, The Maw (a former mining community on the Stand ...

on 2 July 1928. He made his first team debut for East Fife in the 1950 Scottish Cup Final. This happened because their first two choice goalkeepers,

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and

John McGarrity John McGarrity (20 October 1925 – 2006) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for East Fife, Arbroath and Cowdenbeath. McGarrity died in Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Sc ...

, were both injured. Easson conceded a goal within 30 seconds and East Fife went on to lose 3–0. Easson died in

Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, ...

on 26 November 2009, at the age of 81.

References

;Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Easson, Gordon 1928 births 2009 deaths Footballers from Fife Men's association football goalkeepers Scottish men's footballers East Fife F.C. players Worcester City F.C. players Scottish Football League players