McAlpine, James

A native of London made his debut for Queens Park in January 1920 in a High Division match against the Terd Lanark club, and in his next meeting with Aberdeen he scored his first goal in this tournament ^[1] . However, a young footballer rarely went on the field before the departure of “black and white” in the First Division in the 1921/22 season. The following season, James became a solid player in the base and made a significant contribution to the return of the “spiders” to the elite division, and also became the main character of a strong-willed victory over the “ Celtic ” in the Glasgow Cup match.

Over the next ten years, JB was the main strike force of Queens Park. In the 1928/29 season, he helped his home club take fifth place in the championship. In 1932, James held one meeting for the amateur team of Scotland . He was about to leave football at the end of the 1932/33 season, but decided to resume appearances due to an injury epidemic at the club. In 1934, James played his last match in the High Division against Falkirk . The whole city escorted the "hero of Hampden" from football ^[1] . JB is the top scorer in the history of “spiders” (163 goals), and his record for the number of games played (473) lasted eighty years, until he was beaten by Ross Caven ^[2] .

After retiring from football, James was a lone bowles player for a while . In 1938, he participated in the Games of the British Empire as part of the Scottish national team in this sport. Speaking in doubles, McAlpine and Templeton took fourth place in this tournament ^[3] . After leaving sports, James entered the structure of his native club, Queens Park , and in 1953–1955 he was its president. James passed away in May 1975. The pavilion at Little Hampden is named after him ^[4] .

Team

  Queens Park

• First Division Winner (1): 1922/23
• Scottish Amateur Cup Winner (4): 1920, 1928, 1933, 1934

Personal

• Top scorer in Queens Park club history (163 goals)

• Statistics of football player performances at QPFC