Jim Hermiston
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 September 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Defender/Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1966–1975 | Aberdeen | 195 | (10) |
1976 | Grange Thistle | ||
1977 |
Brisbane City | 20 | (3) |
1978–1981 |
Brisbane Lions | 107 | (10) |
1982 |
Brisbane City | 19 | (1) |
Total | 341 | (24) | |
International career | |||
1974 | Scottish Football League XI | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1983 |
Brisbane City | ||
1985–1986 | Brisbane City | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Hermiston (born 30 September 1947) is aScottish former professional footballer and police officer. He played for Aberdeen in Scotland and a number of clubs in Australia – he most notably won the 1970 Scottish Cup with Aberdeen, and was inducted into the Aberdeen FC "Hall of Fame" as one of the founding members in 2003. He also served with the police forces in the north of Scotland and Queensland.
Football career
Hermiston began his career as a teenager with
Hermiston played one game for the
Hermiston and his family emigrated to Australia shortly afterwards, and he resumed his football career there, playing for
Hermiston was a popular player in Australia, to the extent of having a children's coaching manual published under his name.[4] He was twice in Philips Cup winning teams, and was even considered as a potential captain of the Australian team.[1] However, this did not come to pass thanks to Hermiston having played part of a game for the Scottish Under-23 side in the early 1970s – the international rules at the time forbidding a player who had represented one country at any level from representing another. In October 1980 Hermiston was voted by the Australian Soccer Press Association player of the year and was handed the award by the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.[5]
Police career
After emigrating to Australia, Hermiston joined the
Career statistics
Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6][7][8]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aberdeen | 1966–67 | Scottish Division One
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1967–68 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
1968–69 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
1969–70 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
1970–71 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
1971–72 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
1972–73 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 3 | ||
1973–74 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 3 | ||
1974–75 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | ||
Total | 195 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 270 | 16 | ||
Brisbane City | 1977 | National Soccer League | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 3 |
Total | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 3 | ||
Brisbane Lions | 1978 | National Soccer League | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 3 |
1979 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 2 | ||
1980 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 1 | ||
1981 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 4 | ||
Total | 107 | 10 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 120 | 10 | ||
Brisbane City | 1982 | National Soccer League | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 1 |
Total | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 1 | ||
Career total | 341 | 24 | 33 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 434 | 30 |
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85983-575-3.
- ^ Jim Hermiston – Scotland Football League record
- ^ "Soccer's sacrificial lambs... the coaches", Australian Online Soccer Museum Archived 7 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-9596903-1-X.
- ^ Laurie Schwab: Scot is soccer's top man, The Age, 31 October 1980, p. 23.
- ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust – Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Aussie Footballers – Hermiston to Hogben". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "1982 NSL Cup Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
External links
- Jim Hermiston at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database