Career
Humphries was born in Motherwell in 1928 and began his career with his hometown club Motherwell F.C., Motherwell in the mid-1940s straight from Dalziel High School. He spent a decade with the club, making just under 200 league appearances and scoring 68 goals. Humphries won both domestic cups during his time at Fir Park, winning the Scottish League Cup in 1950 Scottish League Cup Final, 1950 and the Scottish Cup in 1952 Scottish Cup Final, 1952. Shortly after the Scottish Cup win, in which Humphries scored, he received his only Scotland national football team, Scotland cap, appearing in a 3–1 defeat in Sweden national football team, Sweden. Humphries also appeared in the Scottish Football League XI in 1952. In 1954, during Motherwell's record 12–1 win over Dundee United F.C., Dundee United, Humphries netted six goals, another club record. In 1956 Humphries moved to St Mirren F.C., St Mirren, before joining Dundee United a year later, where he spent two years and scored 33 times in 54 league appearances. He left in 1959 and joined Hamilton Academical F.C., Hamilton Academical, where he spent the final two years of his playing career. After retiring from playing, Humphries returned to Motherwell as a part-time member of the coaching staff, where he remained throughout the 1960s. In 1970, Humphries returned to St Mirren as manager but his two-year spell included relegation in 1971 and he resigned the following year. Humphries helped form the Motherwell Former Players Club in 1988. One of the South Stand corporate boxes at the club's ground, Fir Park, is named after him. He died in 1992.References
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