I was driven to write this by the fact somebody misspelt his name on a forum recently, and although I normally never cover players from the post-war period Jimmy Fiddes played for Falkirk FC during the war so I can count him.
Jimmy Fiddes played in nearly every position [except Goalkeeper] in the post war period, little was written about him, but I would say the same was true about Scott MacKenzie when I was growing up, players who do the job never get the publicity.
Jimmy had been with Rangers in the period up to World War II, but came to the fore when he moved to Falkirk during the war, originally a winger, with the march of time he progressively became a Right-Half, then Right-Back. He played well over 200 matches for the club, he sadly he is not in the Falkirk FC Hall of Fame due to the club's bizarre concept that 200 League appearances is the qualification [so are you telling me Alex Stark [Falkirk 1885/86-1894/95] was not one of our greatest players just because he played before we joined the League?].
Jimmy Fiddes was [like Scott MacKenzie] the most reliable player we had in the late 1940s, often playing out of position for the team, a true professional.
James Fiddes
b 3rd October 1916
Debut – Saturday August 17th 1940 v Heart of Midlothian (A) Southern League
Positions – Right-Half, Outside-Right, Inside-Right
Scottish League Division A Matches/Goals [134/15]
Scottish Cup Matches/Goals [9/4]
Scottish League Cup Matches/Goals [27/4]
Southern League Matches/Goals [31/1]
Victory Cup Matches/Goals [4/-]
Southern League Cup Matches/Goals [6/1]
Summer Cup Matches/Goals [1/-]
Dewar Shield Matches/Goals [9/2]
Stirlingshire Cup Matches/Goals [9/1]
Stirling & District Charity Cup Matches/Goals [1/-]
Other Matches/Goals [8/1]
Total Matches/Goals [239/29]
Known Career - Rangers [1934/35-1940/41], Dunfermline Athletic [1939/40], Blackpool [1940/41], Falkirk [1940/41-1951/52], Ross County [1951/52], Stenhousemuir [1951/52-1952/53]