Which team did Douglas McBain play for from 1948 to 1955?
Douglas McBain Douglas Muir McBain ( 22 September 1924 – 1 February 2008 ) was a Scottish footballer who played in the run to the semi final for Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics . McBain played club football as a wing half for Dumbarton , Hamilton Academical , Queens Park and Queen of the South . Playing career . Dougie McBains club football is best remembered for his time with Dumfries club Queen of the South . McBain gave Queens seven years from 1948 , the year in which he played in the run to a Wembley semi final of the Olympic Games for Matt Busbys Great Britain side ( McBain scored against Netherlands at Highbury in the first round ) . McBain was one of two players in the GB Olympic team to move from Queens Park to Palmerston Park in Dumfries that summer . The other player was Jimmy McColl . At Queens , McBain played alongside some of the finest names to have played for the club , such as Billy Houliston , Roy Henderson , Dougie Sharpe , Jackie Oakes , Jim Patterson , Jimmy Binning and Bobby Black . McBains time in Dumfries was part of the finest era in the clubs history . McBain was the club captain when played and scored in Queens run to the 1950 Scottish Cup semi final , where Rangers needed a replay at Hampden Park to finally end Queens best ever run in the Scottish Cup at that time . McBain was an integral part of the team that achieved numerous other points of note in the first half of the 1950s . McBain left Queens in 1955 after a contractual dispute with the chairman and retired from professional football . McBain was only 30 years old at the time . Education and later career . Having been schooled at the Hamilton Academy , McBain went on to graduate from the University of Edinburgh before becoming a lecturer at Telford College . Dougie McBain died on 1 February 2008 , at the age of 83 . Personal life . McBain served as an air gunner with the rank of flying officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War . External links . - Dougie McBain full career profile on the Queen of the South website