Norman Murray Fairgray (28 October 1880 – 1968) was a Scottish professional footballer who played mainly as an outside left for Maxwelltown Volunteers, Kilmarnock, Lincoln City, Chelsea, MotherwellNorrie Fairgray, MotherWELLnet and Queen of the South.
Having made the move from Maxwelltown to Lincoln a year earlier alongside George Kennedy and George Nisbet,Around the Country. The Scottish Referee, 8 June 1906. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club Fairgray was signed for Chelsea in 1907 by manager David Calderhead, an ex-Queen of the South Wanderers player who had been Fairgray's manager at Lincoln.Willie Ferguson (Fairgray transfer to Chelsea), Queen of the South FCDavid Calderhead (Fairgray info at Lincoln City and Chelsea), Queen of the South FC Soon afterwards, Kennedy followed the same path. At Chelsea Fairgray scored five goals in 84 games over seven seasons.Chelsea FC Player Profile: Norrie Fairgray, Stamford-Bridge.com At representative level he played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots annual trial match in 1908Football. Anglo-Scots, 3; Home Scots, 0., The Glasgow Herald, 24 March 1908 and 1909Football. Home Scots, 3; Anglo-Scots, 1., The Glasgow Herald, 23 March 1909 but was never selected for his country in a full international.
In August 1919, by now in his late 30s and having been out of top-level football for some time, Fairgray signed for hometown club Queen of the South. He played in their first-ever competitive game, a first round tie in the Scottish Qualifying Cup against Thornhill at Palmerston Park.History, Queen of the South FC
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