James Garvin Stewart (born 9 March 1954) is a Scottish former football

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Football career

Playing

He began his career with local side

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, and he went on to play for Kilmarnock,

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, Rangers, St Mirren and Partick Thistle. Stewart earned 2 caps for Scotland and was included in the squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching

He was later the goalkeeping

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at Kilmarnock and Heart of Midlothian, who he left to rejoin Rangers in August 2007. He worked with the SFA as a youth goalkeeping coach before joined the

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setup under

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in 2013, on a part-time basis. Stewart left Rangers in March 2017, following the appointment of

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as team manager. He was then the goalkeeping coach at

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from May 2017 to January 2018.

Personal life

His son Colin also played as a goalkeeper for Kilmarnock, and daughter-in-law

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is the all-time leading scorer for the

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* * 1954 births 1974 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football goalkeepers Dumbarton F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players Living people Middlesbrough F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Rangers F.C. non-playing staff Rangers F.C. players Troon F.C. players Scotland men's international footballers Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Scotland men's under-23 international footballers Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Scottish footballers St Mirren F.C. players English Football League players Nottingham Forest F.C. non-playing staff {{Scotland-footy-goalkeeper-stub