James Logan

Life and career Early life and playing career Logan was born in Dunbar, Scotland, in 1885. His younger brother, Peter, also played professional football. He also appeared for St Bernard's. During his time with Bradford City he made five appearances in the Football League, scoring once. He moved on to another Second Division club, Chesterfield Town, in August 1906, and made his debut at centre forward on the opening day of the 1906–07 season. He continued as a regular in that position, scoring seven goals from sixteen appearances, but was switched to centre half for the last couple of months of the season,

Logan returned to Scotland in May 1912 to sign for Raith Rovers.

First World War In December 1914, Logan and four teammates enlisted in the 16th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Scots, known as McCrae's Battalion. Others were to follow. and received a commission as lieutenant after a further six. On the first day of the Somme offensive, he was sent home and hospitalised "suffering from severe shell shock, which [had] rendered him completely deaf." He recovered, returned to action, According to a retrospective in the Fife Free Press, he "went on to manage one of the greatest teams in the club's history in the early 1920s." After leading Raith to third place in the top division (their highest ever league finish) in the 1921–22 season,

He was re-appointed as Raith Rovers' manager in December 1930, and resigned in September 1933 after a poor start to the season and a public disagreement between the club's directors and Logan about the extent of his powers and responsibilities.

In 1936, the Courier reported that Logan was to be interviewed for the managerial vacancy at English club Lincoln City. He was not appointed to that post, but did come back into management in January of the following year, with Wrexham of the Third Division North. He resigned at the end of the 1937–38 season over a question of team policy.

Personal life Logan opened a confectionery shop when he moved to Kirkcaldy to play for Raith Rovers. The business expanded, and by 1932 he owned what the Dundee Evening Telegraph dubbed "two of the finest candy stores in the district".

He died in Edinburgh in 1961 at the age of 75.

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