Edward Rutherford (8 February 1921 – 29 August 2007) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Heart of Midlothian and Scotland as an outside forward.
Born in Govan, Rutherford joined Rangers from Mossvale YMCA in 1941 but during the Second World War he was posted to England with the Royal Air Force so guested for Leeds United, Lincoln City and Bradford City;[2] he played three games for Bradford in 1944–45 in the Football League War Cup North section.
[3] After he had completed his service, Rutherford returned to Rangers and made his first appearance for the club on 19 October 1946 against Queen's Park in the Scottish League Cup.
However, he never became a first-team regular on the right wing and was used as back-up to William Waddell, so decided to swap position to the left flank to increase his chance of playing and spent most of his Rangers career there.
[2] Rutherford was capped once by Scotland, in 1948, a 3–0 friendly home defeat to France.