Douglas 'Dougie' M. McBain (22 September 1924 – 1 February 2008) was a Scottish

Scotland

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 footballer who played in the run to the semi final for Great Britain

United Kingdom national football team

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 at the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...

. McBain played club football as a wing half

Wing half

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 for Dumbarton

Dumbarton F.C.

Dumbarton Football Club is Scotland's 4th oldest football club – founded in 1872, just after Queen's Park , Kilmarnock and Stranraer...

, Hamilton Academical

Hamilton Academical F.C.

Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have...

, Queen's Park

Queen's Park F.C.

Queen's Park Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club are currently the only amateur club in the Scottish League; their amateur status is reflected by their motto, Ludere Causa Ludendi – to play for the sake of playing.Queen's Park are the oldest...

 and Queen of the South

Queen of the South F.C.

Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club founded in 1919 and located in Dumfries. The club currently plays in the Scottish First Division, the second tier of Scottish football. They are officially nicknamed The Doonhamers, but usually referred to as Queens or QoS...

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Playing career

Dougie McBain's club football is best remembered for his time with Dumfries

Dumfries

Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...

 club Queen of the South

Queen of the South

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. McBain gave Queens seven years from 1948, the year in which he played in the run to a Wembley

Wembley

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 semi final of the Olympics Games for Matt Busby

Matt Busby

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's Great Britain side (McBain scored against Netherlands

Netherlands

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 at Highbury

Highbury

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 in the first round). McBain was one of two players in the GB Olympic team to move from Queens Park to Palmerston Park

Palmerston Park

Palmerston Park is a multi-purpose stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, south west Scotland. The site of the ground was formerly a farm called Palmers Toun. This is on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith in Dumfries. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of...

 that Summer. The other was Jimmy McColl

Jimmy McColl (Olympic footballer)

James "Jimmy" McColl was a Scottish footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics, making two appearances.A full back, McColl had been with amateur club Queen's Park until the Summer of the Olympics in which he played. After the Olympics he was one of two players in the GB...

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At Queens McBain played beside some of the finest names to have played for the club such as Billy Houliston

Billy Houliston

William "Billy" Houliston was a Scottish footballer who played for Crichton, Queen of the South, Berwick Rangers, Third Lanark and the Scotland national team.-Early years:...

, Roy Henderson

Roy Henderson (footballer)

Roy Henderson was a former Scottish professional football goalkeeper best known for his time with Dumfries club Queen of the South.-Early years:...

, Dougie Sharpe

Dougie Sharpe

Dougie Sharpe was a former Scottish footballer who played for Queen of the South from the town of Dumfries.-Early years:...

, Jackie Oakes

Jackie Oakes

Jackie Oakes was a Scottish footballer who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Queen of the South, Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City. Born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, his position was left winger...

, Jim Patterson

Jim Patterson (footballer)

James "Jim" Patterson is a former professional footballer and all-time record goalscorer for Scottish League club Queen of the South.-Early years:...

, Jimmy Binning

Jimmy Binning

Ian "Jimmy" Binning was a Scottish footballer who played for Arbroath and Dumfries side Queen of the South.-Arbroath:From season 1948-49 until his departure Jimmy Binning scored six goals in his 84 league games for Arbroath....

 and Bobby Black

Bobby Black

Bobby Black is a Scottish ex-professional footballer from Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway perhaps best known for his time at East Fife and Queen of the South and was also capped by the Scottish League. Black later was an all England bowls champion...

. McBain's time there was part of the finest era in the club's history. McBain played in and scored in Queens' run to the 1950 Scottish Cup semi finals where Rangers needed a replay at Hampden Park

Hampden Park

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 to see off Queens. McBain was an integral part of the side that achieved numerous other points of note in the first half of the 1950s.

McBain left QoS in 1955 after a contractual dispute with the chairman and retired from professional football. He was aged 30 at the time.

Education and later career

Having been schooled at the Hamilton Academy

Hamilton Academy

Hamilton Academy was a school situated in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.Described as "one of the finest schools in Scotland" in the Cambridge University Press County Biography of 1910, Hamilton Academy featured in the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine article series on...

, McBain went on to graduate from Edinburgh University

University of Edinburgh

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 before becoming a lecturer at Telford College.

Dougie McBain died on 1 February 2008, aged 83.

External links

• Dougie McBain full career profile on the Queen of the South website