Isaac Begbie was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 who played for Hearts

Heart of Midlothian F.C.

Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian...

, , Bathgate and the Scotland national team

Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...

.

Begbie made his name with local club Hearts where he played right back and was captain in the successful team of the 1890s which won the Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup

The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...

 twice (1891 and 1896) and the Scottish league championship twice (1894-95

1894-95 in Scottish football

The 1894–95 season in Scottish football was the fifth season of the Scottish Football League.-Scottish Division One:Hearts won the Scottish Division One.-Scottish Division Two:...

 and 1896-97

1896-97 in Scottish football

The 1896–97 season of Scottish football was the seventh season of the Scottish Football League.-Scottish Division One:Hearts were champions of the Scottish Division One.-Scottish Division Two:Partick Thistle won the Scottish Division Two...

). During this decade he also won four caps

Cap (sport)

In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...

 for the Scotland national team.

Near the end of his career he played briefly for Leith Athletic and Bathgate.

External links

• International stats at Londonhearts.com