George Herd
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Herd[1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 May 1936 | ||
Place of birth | Lanark, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
Playing position | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
195?–1956 | Inverness Thistle | ||
1956–1957 | Queen's Park | 25 | (6) |
1957–1961 | Clyde | 111 | (20) |
1961–1970 | Sunderland | 278 | (47) |
1967 | → Vancouver Royal Canadians (loan)[2] | 6 | (3) |
1970–1971 | Hartlepool United | 15 | (0) |
National team | |||
1958–1960 | Scotland | 5 | (1) |
1960 | Scottish League XI | 3 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
1980–1981 | Queen of the South | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
George Herd (born 6 May 1936) is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Inverness Thistle, Queen's Park, Clyde, Sunderland, Vancouver Royal Canadians, Hartlepool United and Scotland.
Player
Herd began his professional football career in the Highland League with Inverness Thistle whilst undertaking his National Service at Fort George Barracks, just outside Inverness. Herd transferred from Inverness Thistle to Scottish Football League amateur club Queen's Park in 1956. He turned professional in May 1957 after moving to Clyde. In his first season at Clyde, he won the 1957–58 Scottish Cup and won his first Scotland cap, a 4-0 defeat to England in April 1958. He won a further four Scotland caps during his time at Clyde before departing for Sunderland in 1961 where he also took up a coaching role in 1969.
He later had a spell at Hartlepool United in 1970–71 before retiring from playing.
Coach and manager
After his playing career, he had coaching spells at Newcastle United and Sunderland.
Herd was appointed manager of Dumfries club Queen of the South in May 1980 where he worked with players such Allan Ball, Iain McChesney, George Cloy, Nobby Clark and Jimmy Robertson. He left this position mid way through the following season from which the club went on a promotion winning run.
Herd joined Darlington in a coaching capacity.
References
- ↑ "George Herd". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ↑ http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/H/Herd.George.htm
External links
- George Herd at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
- George Herd at the Scottish Football Association
- Clyde FC Hall of Fame profile