Jimmy Carabine


James Carabine was a Scottish footballer, who played as a right back.

Career

In the club game, Carabine was most closely associated with Third Lanark A.C., serving the club as a player from 1934 to 1945 and then as manager from 1946 to 1949. In all he made 216 appearances and scored 10 goals for the club.
As an international, Carabine represented Scotland in three official matches, appearing against the Netherlands, Ireland and England. He also featured in two unofficial games against Eastern United States and the American Soccer League in a 1939 tour, and ten equally unofficial wartime internationals.
On resigning from his role as manager of Third Lanark in 1950, Carabine noted 'I've had enough'. In the months following his resignation he began writing sports columns for the Daily Express.