Full name Edward Rutherford Name Eddie Rutherford Position Midfielder Years Team Height 1.75 m | Playing position Died June 29, 2007 Place of birth Govan, Scotland Role Footballer | |
Date of birth (1921-02-08)8 February 1921 Date of death 29 June 2007(2007-06-29) (aged 86) | ||
Edward 'Eddie' Rutherford (8 February 1921 – 29 August 2007) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Hearts and Scotland.
Career
Born in Govan, Scotland, Rutherford joined Rangers from Mossvale in 1941 but during the Second World War he was posted to England so he guested for Lincoln City and Bradford City. He played three games for Bradford in 1944–45 in the Football League War Cup North section.
After he had completed his service, Rutherford returned to Rangers and made his first appearance for the club on 19 October 1946 against Queen's Park in the League Cup. However, he never became a first-team regular on the right wing and was used as back up to William Waddell. Rutherford decided to swapped position to the left flank to increase his chance of playing and spent most of his Rangers career there. Whilst at Rangers he was part of the squad that won the first ever treble in 1949. Rutherford won two Scottish league championships, three Scottish Cups, two Scottish League Cups, two Glasgow Cups and a Charity Cup.
After ten years, 140 appearances and 28 goals, Rutherford left Ibrox. He joined Hearts in 1951, in a swap deal that saw Colin Liddell move to Rangers. In his four years at Tynecastle he made 50 appearances and netted 15 times. He was sold to Raith Rovers in January 1955 but joined Hamilton five months later. After a season with Accies he retired.
Rutherford was capped only once by Scotland, in 1948, a 3–0 friendly home defeat to France. After retiring from football he ran a newsagents in Rutherglen. He died on 29 June 2007, aged 86.