Ken Brodie

Ken Brodie
Ken Brodie
• Ken Brodie, 1954 (SD)

probably born in Scotland

William Kenneth Brodie was probably born in Scotland, although his place and date of birth remain unknown to us. *

The 6' 0 (12st 4lbs) defender signed for Davie Meiklejohn's Thistle circa Saturday, 15th May, 1954, having most recently been with Duntocher Hibernian.

He made his debut appearance (as a goalkeeper) on Saturday, 25th September, 1954, in a 3-1 defeat away to Falkirk in the SFL First Division.

There were no clean-sheets for Ken in his 3 appearances as a 'keeper, nor were there any goals for him when he was reintroduced as a midfielder / defender from May '56 onwards.

He played his last game for the club on Wednesday, 19th February, 1958, in a 4-0 defeat at home to Motherwell in the Scottish Cup, having appeared as a Jag on 10 occasions.

Ken's club-list included Duntocher Hibernian, Stirling Albion, Albion Rovers, St Johnstone and Partick Thistle.

* If you can help us to improve any of these marked points on The Thistle Archive, then please do get in touch →

compiled from our All Games criteria.
# taker v. Thistle goalie Penalty Match media-report.png
1 Johnny Hubbard v. Ken Brodie cp.png 16.10.1954 Rangers [h] L2-5 (SFL Division A - game 6) 2-4, pen 59 mins
Ken Brodie's penalty goal prevention
0/1 ← success rate → 0%
Thistle's penalty goal prevention
251/852 ← success rate → 29.5%
@ 26-May-2026

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