Walter Fairgrieve

Walter Fairgrieve

Personal information
Full name	Walter Robert Fairgrieve
Date of birth	30 August 1874
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	Not known
Playing position	Outside-right
Youth career
	Dalry Primrose
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
18??–1898	Glasgow Perthshire
1898–1899	Southampton	1	(0)
1899–19??	Luton Town	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Walter Robert Fairgrieve (born 30 August 1874) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside forward for Southampton and Luton Town in the late 1890s.

Football career

Fairgrieve was born in Edinburgh and started his football career with Dalry Primrose and Glasgow Perthshire, during which time he earned Scottish junior international honours and represented Glasgow in a game against Lanarkshire.^[1]

After a month's trial period at Everton, he joined Southern League champions Southampton in May 1898 on a professional contract. He spent most of his time at The Dell in the reserves, with his only first team outing coming when he took the place of Tom Smith for the second match of the 1898–99 season, a 2–0 defeat by New Brompton.^[2]

In the summer of 1899, he left "the Saints" to join Luton Town of the Football League Second Division, although he failed to break into the first team.^[1]

References

1. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
2. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 24–25. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.