Rex Kingsley Footballer of the Year

Rex Kingsley Football of the Year
Awarded for Best player in Scottish football
Country Scotland
First awarded 1951

The Rex Kingsley Footballer of the Year was an award given annually to the Scottish footballer who was adjudged to have been the best of that year (calendar year and not season) in Scottish football between 1951–1964. The award was handed out by Rex Kingsley of the Sunday Mail. As there were no Football Writers' awards (until the SWFA awards in 1965) or Players' Association awards (until the PFA Scotland awards in 1978), the Rex Kingsley Footballer of the Year award was generally considered to be the most prestigious of its type at the time.

List of Winners

Year[1] Nat Player Club Ref
1951ScotlandGordon SmithHibernian[2]
1952ScotlandWillie ThorntonRangers
1953ScotlandBobby EvansCeltic
1954ScotlandJimmy McGowanPartick Thistle
1955ScotlandGeorge YoungRangers
1956ScotlandWillie McNaughtRaith Rovers
1957ScotlandAlex ParkerFalkirk
1958ScotlandDave MacKayHeart of Midlothian
1959ScotlandHarry HaddockClyde[3]
1960ScotlandWillie TonerKilmarnock
1961ScotlandJohn CummingHeart of Midlothian
1962ScotlandIan UreDundee[4][5]
1963
1964ScotlandCharlie AitkenMotherwell

Winners by club

Club Number of wins Winning years
Heart of Midlothian
2
1958, 1961
Rangers
2
1952, 1955
Celtic
1
1953
Clyde
1
1959
Dundee
1
1962
Falkirk
1
1957
Hibernian
1
1951
Kilmarnock
1
1960
Motherwell
1
1964
Partick Thistle
1
1954
Raith Rovers
1
1956

References

  1. ↑ "Harry Haddock". ScottishLeague.net. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gordon Smith Collection - The Life and Career of Gordon Smith". Hibs Historical Trust. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "CFC Hall of Fame: Harry Haddock". Clyde FC. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "DFC Hall of Fame: Ian Ure". Dundee FC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Champions of Scotland - Ure". Dundee FC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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