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Fullname: | James Burness Duncan |
Birth Date: | 1930 12, df=y |
Birth Place: | Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland |
Death Place: | Rutherglen, Scotland[1] |
Height: | 5ft 9in[2] |
Position: | Outside left |
Years1: | –1951 |
Years3: | 1951–1955 |
Clubs3: | Celtic[3] |
Caps3: | 8 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Years4: | 1955–1957 |
Clubs4: | St Mirren[4] |
Caps4: | 2 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1957–1958 |
Clubs5: | Dundee United[5] |
Caps5: | 11 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1958–1960 |
Clubs6: | Albion Rovers[6] |
Caps6: | 64 |
Goals6: | 13 |
Years7: | 1960–1961 |
Clubs7: | Stranraer[7] |
Caps7: | 1 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 86 |
Totalgoals: | 16 |
James Burness Duncan (10 December 1930 – 1 December 2014) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left.
Duncan started his senior career with Celtic having been signed from Baillieston Juniors and scored on his debut against St Mirren on 1 November 1952, at age 22. He went on to make nine appearances for the Celtic Park club (contributing six appearances and one goal – an equaliser in an Old Firm derby – to the 1953–54 Scottish Division A title, the first championship since the 1930s)[8] before being released in 1955.[9] He also played for St Mirren (barely featuring in two seasons), Dundee United,[2] Albion Rovers and Stranraer.