Career
His best remembered for his time in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made 109 appearances. Reid earned the nickname "The Flying Scotsman" for his performances down the wing for Hamilton Academical early in his career. Club career
Reid began his career in his native Scotland with Hamilton Academical, appearing for them in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final.
A spell out following an appendicitis operation allowed Les Smith into the team, with whom Reid would battle for a place through the rest of his Bees career.
Reid later played for Sheffield United between 1938 and 1946, joining for a £6000 fee and scoring 4 goals in 14 league appearances. Reid next spent a season with Bury, scoring 1 goal in 17 League appearances.
He saw out his career with a player-coach spell at Third Lanark. International career
Reid earned two caps for Scotland, making his debut in November 1937.
Reid served Bury, Third Lanark, Airdrieonians and former club Hamilton Academical as a physiotherapist, arriving back at Douglas Park in the late 1960s.
By the time of his death in November 1987, Reid was still with the Accies, working also as kit manitoba
