Club Born in
Baillieston,
Lanarkshire, Reid began his senior career in 1903 with
Morton, whom he joined from Baillieston Thistle. He scored 11 league goals in two seasons before a move to
Third Lanark in April 1906; his only official appearance for the club was in the
Scottish Cup final defeat to
Hearts later that month. before a loan spell in England with
Portsmouth. Reid returned to Scotland in April 1909 when signed by
Rangers, where again his debut came in a Scottish Cup final and won three successive league titles. He was the club's top scorer for six consecutive seasons between 1910 and 1916. His football career was interrupted by the
First World War, during which he served as a gunner in the
Royal Field Artillery 52nd Lowland Division and played only once for Rangers in three years, returning to contribute to another championship in the
1919–20 campaign. He also represented the
Scottish Football League XI, scoring ten times in eight appearances, and made one further
unofficial wartime appearance for both bodies. ==Managerial career==