youthclubs years youthyears caps goals birth_place clubs managerclubs totalcaps position birth_date totalgoals article_title name
whitehill welfare hibernian 1975 -- 1977 1992 1992 -- 1993 1975 -- 1977 347 77 9 21 47 3 0 2 edinburgh , scotland whitehill welfare hibernian hamilton academical meadowbank thistle gala fairydean 454 centre back centre forward 3 may 1958 52 gordon rae
 gordon rae
gordon rae

gordon rae -lrb- born 3 may 1958 -rrb- is a retired scottish association football player , who played mainly as a defender for hibernian , partick thistle , hamilton academical and meadowbank thistle .
he also played sometimes as a centre forward , scoring over 50 goals in the scottish football league in his career .
rae signed for hibernian as a 17-year-old from whitehill welfare in 1975 .
he made his first team debut two years later , and scored in a 2 -- 0 win against rangers at ibrox in his second appearance .
he became club captain , appeared in the marathon 1979 scottish cup final and won a first division winners ' medal in 1981 .
rae was awarded a testimonial match by hibs in 1988 , played against manchester united .
joe tortolano was sent off during the match for a tackle on gordon strachan .
he joined partick thistle for # 65,000 in 1990 , and helped them win promotion to the premier division in 1992 .
he finished his playing career after the 1992 -- 93 season , during which he played for hamilton academical and then meadowbank thistle .
he left meadowbank to become manager of gala fairydean , in a spell that coincided with their failed attempt to enter the scottish football league in 1994 .
he was sacked by gala after a scottish cup defeat by east fife , who then recruited him as an assistant coach .
he went on to manage edinburgh city before working in hibs ' youth system .
he left hibs in november 2002 to manage junior side newtongrange star .
