Jimmy Brownlie

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Jimmy Brownlie
Full name	James Brownlie
Date of birth	May 15, 1885(1885-05-15)
Place of birth	Blantyre, Scotland
Date of death	December 29, 1973 (aged 88)
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1906-1923 1923-1926	Third Lanark Dundee United
National team
1909-1914	Scotland	16 (0)
Teams managed
1923-1931 1934-1936 1938-1939	Dundee United Dundee United Dundee United
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

James Brownlie (born 15 May 1885 in Blantyre, died 29 December 1973) was a Scottish international footballer and manager, who played as a goalkeeper.

[edit] Career

Jimmy Brownlie was an outstanding personality in Scottish football over many years, as a goalkeeper and manager. Almost his entire professional playing career, lasting from 1906 to 1923, was spent with Third Lanark, and as well as playing in 16 of the last 17 internationals before the First World War, he also appeared no less than 14 times for the Scottish League team, and in four Victory Internationals once the conflict was over.

He was appointed player/manager of Dundee United in May 1923, continuing to play for a further season and once, at the age of 40 in an emergency, in 1926. His first managerial spell with the club found early success, with the Division 2 title in 1925, and again in 1929, but he left the club in April 1931 on the brink of a third promotion. He returned in 1934 with the club at a low ebb, one away from bottom of the second division, and helped to effect a partial revival before he left again in October 1936. A third and final spell came in season 1938-39, in a dual role with Sam Irving.

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[edit] Manager

Scottish League Division Two:
- Winner (2): 1924-25, 1928-29

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Dundee United F.C. – Managers

Reilly (1909–15) • Dainty (1915–17) • Reilly (1917–22) • O'Rourke (1922–23) • Brownlie (1923–31) • Reid (1931–34) • Brownlie (1934–36) • Greig (1936–38) • Brownlie/Irving (1938–39) • McKay (1939) • Allan (1939–40) • Cram (1941–44) • Littlejohn (1944) • McGillivray (1944–45) • MacFadyen (1945–54) • R Smith (1954–57) • Gallacher (1957) • Gray (1957–58) • A McCall (1958–59) • Kerr (1959–71) • J McLean (1971–93) • Golac (1993–95) • Kirkwood (1995–96) • T McLean (1996–98) • Sturrock (1998–2000) • A Smith (2000–02) • Hegarty (2002–03) • I McCall (2003–05) • Chisholm (2005–06) • Brewster (2006) • Levein (2006–)