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.

Playing career

Dougie McBain's club football career is best remembered for his time with Dumfries club Queen of the South. McBain spent seven years with Queens starting from 1948, the year in which he played in the run to a Wembley semi final of the Olympic Games for Matt Busby's 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 Queen's Park to Palmerston Park in Dumfries that summer. The other player was Jimmy McColl. McBain's time in Dumfries was part of the finest era in the club's history. McBain was the club captain when he 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.

Dougie McBain died on 1 February 2008, at the age of 83.