Jimmy Morgan (footballer, born 1912)

[2] Born in Waterside, Ayrshire (between Dalmellington and Patna) but raised in Barrhead, he joined Accies from Arthurlie in 1932.

His breakthrough came when injuries to Eddie Wright and then Peter Shevlin cleared a path for him to play in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final (his first-ever appearance in the competition), where he saved a penalty and made several other impressive stops, although opponents Rangers won the trophy.

[1] Morgan joined the Royal Air Force during World War II, rising to the rank of Flight Lieutenant.

He was killed in July 1944, aged 32, when his aircraft crashed in the North Atlantic Ocean off Trevose Head, Cornwall while returning from a routine patrol.

[1][4] He is commemorated at the Air Forces Memorial (Runnymede)[5] and in a small plaque at the New Douglas Park stadium,[6] along with John Thomson, a teammate who also died in the conflict (coincidentally, a day earlier in an unrelated incident).