Jackie Husband was a Scottish

Scotland national football team

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 internationalist professional association footballer and manager.

Partick Thistle

He signed for Partick Thistle in 1938 and, apart from a brief spell as manager of Queen of the South

Queen of the South

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, spent the rest of his adult life there. He was a centre back and is generally considered as one of Thistle's greatest ever players. He amassed 371 appearances and scored 12 goals during his playing career with Thistle. He won a Summer Cup winners medal in 1945 and was capped for Scotland 3 times in 1946. He was noted for his ability to throw the football forty yards at throw-ins.

Husband spent 52 years at Partick Thistle, first as reserve player and progressing through roles as player, captain, trainer, coach, physio and kitman and was a regular at Firhill

Firhill Stadium

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 until days before his death in 1992. His greatest triumph at Thistle came in 1945 where he captained the team to a win over Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...

 to win the Summer Cup (the competition that replaced the Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup

The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...

 during the war).

Scotland

Husband collected 3 caps for Scotland, but also played in another 2 unofficial internationals in 1945, before the official resumption of Scottish Football after the Second World War. As a farm-worker, Husband was exempt from military service.

Queen of the South

Husband managed Dumfries

Dumfries

Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...

 club Queen of the South in 1967-68. In his time at Palmerston Park

Palmerston Park

Palmerston Park is a multi-purpose stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, south west Scotland. The site of the ground was formerly a farm called Palmers Toun. This is on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith in Dumfries. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of...

 he worked with players such as Allan Ball

Allan Ball

Allan Ball is an English former footballer. Born in Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, Ball played as a goalkeeper, spending most of his professional career with Scottish club Queen of the South. Ball made 731 first team appearances for Queens, a club record, between 1963 and 1982...

, Iain McChesney and Billy Collings

Billy Collings

Billy Collings is a Scottish ex footballer who played for Greenock Morton, Dumbarton, Berwick Rangers, Cambuslang Rangers, Queen of the South, Stranraer and Gretna.-Greenock Morton, Dumbarton & Berwick Rangers:...

.