Stewart Calderwood (3 December 1905 – 1973) was a Scottish
footballer
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who played as a
full back (either right or left side); his
only club at the professional level was
Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...
, where he spent twelve seasons (all in the top division), making 420 appearances for the ''Jags'' in all competitions and scoring 9 goals.
[Calderwood, Stewart]
Partick Thistle History Archive He was on the books for a thirteenth year without playing before signing provisionally with
Queens Park Rangers in England on a
free transfer, aged 33; however, the outbreak of
World War II
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meant he never made a competitive appearance for the
West London
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The term is used to differentiate the area from the other parts of London: North London ...
club. He served in the
Royal Air Force
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during the conflict.
[
Calderwood played in the ]1930 Scottish Cup Final
The 1929–30 Scottish Cup was the 52nd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football (soccer), football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers F.C., Rangers who defeated Partick Thistle F.C., Partick Thistle in the replayed final.
F ...
which Partick Thistle lost to Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
after a replay, but did manage to claim winner's medals in the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
The Glasgow Merchants' Charity Cup was a knockout football tournament open to teams from in and around Glasgow and later on in the tournament's history, teams from outwith Glasgow. Invitations were made and sent out by the Glasgow Charity Cup ...
in 1927 and 1935, and the Glasgow Cup
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in 1934. It is also recorded that he received a medal from the one-off Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup
The Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup was a one-off football tournament held in Glasgow, Scotland over several dates in November and December 1928 with the purpose of raising funds for the Glasgow Dental Hospital and School which had a new building unde ...
in 1928 (this was sold at auction in 2011); he did not take part in the final itself but did play in the semi-final. He was selected for one edition of the Glasgow Football Association
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's annual challenge match against Sheffield
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but received no further representative honours.
Partick Thistle History Archive
References
1905 births
1973 deaths
Date of death missing
Footballers from Renfrewshire
Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Partick Thistle F.C. players
Rutherglen Glencairn F.C. players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Scottish Football League players
Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
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