Andrew Clark Herd (4 October 1903 – 1 December 1984) was a Scottish professional

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. A

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by trade, Herd started his senior career with

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, whom he joined from

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side Hearts of Beath, in 1923. He joined

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a year later, helping them to win the

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title in 1925–26. He was signed by Hearts in 1927 in a £250 transfer deal, with

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moving to Dunfermline as part of the agreement. Herd spent ten seasons with the Tynecastle club, making 291 first team appearances in the process. Initially selected as a

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, he switched to the

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position when Andy Anderson joined the club in 1929, and established himself in the latter role. His half-back combination with Alex Massie and John Johnston proved both durable and successful for Hearts, the trio proving a constant part of the side between 1930 and 1935, and eventually all three were called up to the Scotland national team. Herd's sole

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was earned against

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in 1935, while he also made one appearance for the

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, against the (English)

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in 1934. In 1936, Herd was awarded a joint testimonial match, alongside Northern Irish centre half Willie Reid. Chelsea provided the opposition and Andy Black scored Hearts' goal in a 1–1 draw in front of 8,500 spectators. By now 34, Herd's career was considered to be drawing to a close and he was allowed to leave for Second Division East Fife at the end of the 1936–37 season. Herd was to an enjoy an

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with the

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side though, and in his first season with East Fife they remarkably reached the final of the

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were their opponents at

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and the match was drawn 1–1 but Herd suffered an injury which would force him to miss the replay. His replacement

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, loaned from Hearts for the occasion, helped the ''Fifers'' to a 4–2 victory, making them the first club from the Second Division to win the trophy. Although he missed the decisive match, Herd had played in every game of East Fife's cup run up to that point, notably scoring twice in their quarter-final defeat of

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, and the club successfully petitioned the

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to allow him to receive a winner's medal. Herd retired in 1939 and emigrated to

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, Australia later that year. His younger brother

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maintained the family's representation in the professional footballing ranks, playing for

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and representing Scotland in several unofficial ''wartime'' internationals during

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. Herd's nephew, Alec's son

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, would also later represent Scotland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Herd, Sandy 1903 births 1984 deaths Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Dundee F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Footballers from Fife Place of death missing Men's association football wing halves Men's association football fullbacks Hearts of Beath F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish emigrants to Australia 20th-century Scottish sportsmen