Career
Main suffered fatal internal injuries while playing in a match on Christmas Day 1909, and died four days later. Main signed for Hibs in 1904 from Motherwell. Main also played for the Scottish League once.
Main"s life and career was cut short, however, when he suffered a ruptured bowel after being kicked in the stomach by Partick Thistle outside-left Frank Branscombe during a match played at Firhill on Christmas Day 1909.
John Sharp, a teammate of Main, later said that the incident was an accident because the Thistle player had slipped on the icy surface before making contact. Main had returned home on the night of the game, but he was rushed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary when the extent of his internal injuries were realised.
An emergency operation was initially successful, but further treatment was ineffective and Main died from his injuries.