George Bertram (footballer, born 1908)

For other people with the same name, see George Bertram (disambiguation).

George Bertram
Personal information
Full name George Thoirs Geddes Bertram
Date of birth 2 September 1908[1]
Place of birth Govan, Scotland
Date of death 1972(1972-00-00) (aged 63–64)
Place of death Eastwood, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s)
Youth career
Govan Avondale[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Petershill
– Dreghorn Juniors
1927–1933 Airdrieonians  124 (22)
1933 Hamilton Academical  3 (0)
1933 Partick Thistle  1 (0)
1934–1935 Queen of the South  6 (1)
1935–1936 King's Park  16 (1)
Total 150 (24)
International career
1931[4] Scottish League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Thoirs Geddes Bertram (2 September 1908 – 1972) was a Scottish footballer who featured mainly for Airdrieonians.[1] He signed for the Diamonds as a teenager from the junior leagues in 1927, having a difficult task of not only finding a role in the strong side of the 1920s which challenged consistently for the Scottish Football League title and won the Scottish Cup in 1924, but also specifically replacing Bob McPhail, the team's inside left who had moved on to Rangers.

He became an increasingly important member of the team (although collectively they were unable to match the standards set earlier in the period), moving to outside left after the departure of Jimmy Somerville in 1930. In the 1931–32 season, his contribution was 41 league and cup appearances (including the semi-final loss to Kilmarnock)[5] and seven goals, plus a selection for the Scottish Football League XI,[4] but he played only six times in the following campaign before his career was halted by a broken leg, and he was released by Airdrie before its end.[3][1]

Short spells with few appearances followed at top-tier sides Hamilton Academical,[2] Partick Thistle[3] and Queen of the South, then a year at second-level King's Park where he featured slightly more often, but he then dropped out of senior football aged 28.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b Bertram, George (1933), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  3. ^ a b c Bertran, George 1933-34 [sic], Partick Thistle History Archive
  4. ^ a b "[SFL player] George Thoirs Geddes Bertram". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. ^ Hard Game at Firhill | Airdrie Get Two Soft Goals, The Glasgow Herald 28 March 1932