bluemc 305 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Ex rangers and scotland player has died age 79 today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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*Manticore* 1,893 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Samuel Baird (born 13 May 1930 in Denny, Stirlingshire) is a former Scottish footballer.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.As the manager of Stirling Albion he led them to promotion to Division One in the 1964–65 season, but he was sacked as the club was relegated in the 1967–68 season.RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cumbria_blue 51 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Sad news indeed RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasileBoliSoup 9 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 http://www.rangerspedia.org/index.php/Baird,_Sammy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie1807 146 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 RIP Samuel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stu1993 101 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 RANGERS have been saddened by the news of the death of 1950s star Sammy Baird, who passed away peacefully at home this morning.Sammy, who was 79, spent nearly six years at Ibrox in Scot Symon's side and made 172 appearances in all competitions scoring 52 goals.He was signed from Preston North End in the summer of 1955 having spent one season in England after starting his career with Clyde where he played from 1949 to 1954.Baird was a left half in the old parlance or an inside forward and he was a highly successful player for Rangers playing beside men like Billy Simpson, Max Murray, Alex Scot and Johnny Hubbard with Ian McColl, Harold Davis, Eric Caldow and Bobby Shearer behind him.Baird made an instant impact on the supporters by scoring twice in a 4-0 crushing of Celtic in a League Cup sectional tie.He won the Championship in his first season, scoring 14 goals in 33 appearances as Rangers finished six points clear of Aberdeen.He was a title-winner again in 1956/57 when Rangers put together a sensational 16-game unbeaten run to pip Hearts by two points.Baird was involved in Rangers' first ever match in European football that season when the Light Blues played OGC Nice in the European Cup.Indeed he had a fine record in European football, scoring five goals in 16 appearances and was part of the Rangers side that reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in 1959/60 only to lose heavily to Eintracht Frankfurt.It was in this season that Baird won his third major medal when he got his hands on the Scottish Cup for the first time when Rangers beat Kilmarnock 2-0 in the final.Baird only made one appearance in the 1960/61 season and he was transferred to Hibs on October 6, 1960 for £6000 and spent two seasons with the Easter Road men.He then had a season with Third Lanark before moving to Stirling Albion where he played for a season before becoming manager.Sammy also held the distinction of being the first Rangers player to score in the World Cup Finals when he went to Sweden with Scotland in 1958 and netted in a 2-1 defeat by France.In all he made seven Scotland appearances and also scored in a 2-0 friendly win over Yugoslavia.Rangers' thoughts are with Sammy's family at this time.Absent Friends Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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derekweir29 505 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 RIP always sad when an ex ger passes away............... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Sad to hear that. RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdasyn 431 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 RIP Sammy Baird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,657 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 R I P Sammy Baird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frommetoyou 60 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Sad news Rip Sammy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 RIP Sammy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson 27 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 My dad always spoke very highly of Sammy.RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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grahamteuchter 1 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Sad newsRIPGod Bless Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVB 2,560 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 RIP Sammy Baird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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