Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1928)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Jones | ||
Date of birth | 25 July 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Glenavon | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1949 | Belfast Celtic | 33 | (43) |
1949–1950 | Larne | ||
1950–1951 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
1951–1962 | Glenavon | 222 | (269) |
1962–1963 | Portadown | 14 | (8) |
1963–1964 | Bangor | 20 | (12) |
1964–1965 | Newry Town | ||
International career | |||
1956–1957 | Northern Ireland | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James "Jimmy" Jones (25 July 1928 – 13 February 2014) was an Irish League footballer in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s.
Born in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, he scored three goals in the Irish League team which defeated the Football League 5–3 at Windsor Park in 1953. He played in three full international games for Northern Ireland.[1][2] He joined Glenavon and was the leading Irish League goalscorer for some years in the fifties. He remains the leading goalscorer in Irish league history, and finished as Irish League outright leading goalscorer in 6 different seasons, a record still unbroken. He played in three full international games for Northern Ireland.[3][4]
References
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External links
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- 1928 births
- 2014 deaths
- Belfast Celtic F.C. players
- Glenavon F.C. players
- NIFL Premiership players
- Northern Ireland international footballers
- Association footballers from Northern Ireland
- People from Lurgan
- Larne F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Bangor F.C. players
- Portadown F.C. players
- Northern Irish football biography stubs