Full name Stuart Samuel Baird Role Football player Name Sammy Baird | Place of birth Denny, Scotland Position Forward, Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1930-05-13)13 May 1930 Date of death 21 April 2010(2010-04-21) (aged 79) Place of death Bangor, Northern Ireland Died April 21, 2010, Bangor, United Kingdom | ||
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Stuart Samuel Baird (13 May 1930 – 21 April 2010) was a Scottish football player and manager.
Career
During his playing career he played for Clyde, Preston North End, Rangers, Hibernian, Third Lanark and Stirling Albion. He won three Scottish league titles (1956, 1957 and 1959) and one Scottish Cup (1960) with Rangers.
He earned seven international caps for Scotland from 1956 to 1958. He scored on his debut against Yugoslavia, and also in his last match, a 2–1 defeat by France in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. The latter goal was the first time a Rangers player scored in a World Cup Finals match.
As the manager of Stirling Albion he led them to promotion to Division One in the 1964–65 season, but he was sacked in 1968 because the club were heading for relegation back to Division Two.
Baird died on the morning of 21 April 2010.