James Provan Reid (14 December 1935 – 9 October 2017) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward for clubs including Dundee United, Bury and Stockport County.
[2] He made his Scottish Football League debut for Dundee United in March 1955, playing as a trialist against Hamilton Academical and then signing for the club immediately afterwards.
[3] He was a regular for the next two years until he was transferred to Football League club Bury in January 1957.
Three months later he joined East Fife, later going on to play for Arbroath and Brechin City as well as junior teams.
[citation needed] After retiring as a player, Reid opened a shop in the Seagate area of Dundee, which he ran for almost fifty years.