Jackie Law Jr. is a former professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

er who played for Queen of the South and

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...

. Law Junior was born in

Kelloholm Kelloholm is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It has a primary school, a public house and several shops. Kelloholm lies next to Kirkconnel and the two have begun to merge. Kelloholm was originally constructed to serve the many mine ...

and went to school at

Dumfries Academy Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...

. Law Junior signed for Queen of the South in 1963 from Dumfries amateur club Greystone Rovers. In playing for the ''Doonhamers'' himself and his brother,

Lex Law Lex Law was a former Scottish professional association footballer, who spent a decade with Queen of the South as an inside left. Queen of the South Lex Law is from a family with multiple Queen of the South connections. His father, Jackie Law, ...

, were following in the footsteps of their father, Jackie Law Sr. In Law Junior's career he made 125 Queens appearances and scored 34 goals for the Doonhamers."QUEEN OF THE SOUTH A - Z"
/ref>Lex Law on Queens Legends
/ref> On 24 October 1964, Lex and Jackie Jr. both scored in the same match in the 7–1 win versus Stenhousemuir at

Palmerston Park Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919. South of Scotland League club He ...

. Jackie scored three and Lex scored one goal in this match. Law Junior played 16 league matches for

in the 1967-68 season.http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/stranraer/stranraer.html Jackie Law Jr. died in 1996 aged 52 and remained a committed Queens supporter until his death.

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Footballers from Dumfries and Galloway Men's association football forwards 1996 deaths Queen of the South F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Scottish men's footballers Year of birth missing Scottish Football League players {{Scotland-footy-forward-stub