Norman Murray Fairgray (28 October 1880 – 1968) was a Scottish professional footballer who played mainly as an

outside left Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

for Maxwelltown Volunteers, Kilmarnock, Lincoln City,

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, MotherwellNorrie Fairgray
MotherWELLnet and Queen of the South. Having made the move from Maxwelltown to Lincoln a year earlier alongside George Kennedy and George Nisbet, Fairgray was signed for Chelsea in 1907 by manager

David Calderhead David Calderhead (19 June 1864 – 9 January 1938) was a Scottish football player and manager. Calderhead played for Queen of the South Wanderers, Notts County and Lincoln City. He won the FA Cup with Notts County in 1894 and was capped once ...

, an ex- Queen of the South Wanderers player who had been Fairgray's manager at Lincoln.Willie Ferguson (Fairgray transfer to Chelsea)
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Queen of the South FC Soon afterwards, Kennedy followed the same path. At Chelsea Fairgray scored five goals in 84 games over seven seasons.Chelsea FC Player Profile: Norrie Fairgray
Stamford-Bridge.com At representative level he played in the

Home Scots v Anglo-Scots Home Scots v Anglo-Scots was an annual association football trial match organised by the Scottish Football Association between the 1890s and 1920s to examine the abilities of possible players for upcoming full British Home Championship internatio ...

annual trial match in 1908Football. Anglo-Scots, 3; Home Scots, 0.
The Glasgow Herald, 24 March 1908 and 1909 but was never selected for his country in a full international. 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

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against Thornhill 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 ...

.History
Queen of the South FC

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fairgray, Norrie Scottish footballers 1880 births Date of death missing Kilmarnock F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players Footballers from Dumfries Association football outside forwards Scottish Football League players English Football League players