Dougie Sharpe
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Dougie Sharp was a Scottish footballer who played for Queen of the South.
Dougie Sharpe joined Queen of the South in 1946 from local side Greystone Rovers. Sharpe had previously joined Queens provisionally at the beginning of World War 2 in 1940. When the war had ended Sharpe joined Queens as an amateur. Among the finest full-backs to have played for Q.o.S. Sharpe always played with great passion and gave 100%. His fine performances were recognised with call up in 1952 to the Scottish League side. Fate intervened when Sharpe was unable to play through an injury. However his time would come in 1953 in Belfast when he played versus the Irish League. Sharpe was with Queen of the South for 20 years where he played 426 times. [1]
When Dougie Sharp arrived at Queens already there were Scotland cap Billy Houliston, goalkeeper Roy Henderson joined the same year, in 1949 joined forward Jim Patterson (251 strikes makes Patterson the goals king of Queens). Fellow full back Jimmy Binning joined in 1951 and goal scoring winger Bobby Black joined in 1952. At different levels all 6 would be selected to represent Scotland except Henderson who was selected 6 times as reserve goalkeeper. After winning the Scottish League 'B' division in 1951 Sharpe played in the early and mid 1950s period of Queens regular top division mid table finishes. This was under the management of Jimmy McKinnell Junior. Sharpe also played in many of Queens best cup runs including that to the Scottish Cup semi-final in 1949/50.
Sadly he passed away in 1974 at the age of only 48.
