Jim Steele (footballer)

Jim Steele
Personal information
Full name James Steele[1]
Date of birth (1950-03-11) 11 March 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1965–1967 Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1972 Dundee 75 (5)
1972–1977 Southampton 161 (2)
1976Rangers (loan) 5 (0)
1977–1980 Washington Diplomats 71 (2)
1979–1979 Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) 2 (1)
1980 Memphis Rogues 7 (0)
1980–1981 Chicago Sting (indoor) 15 (8)
1981 Chicago Sting 0 (0)
Total 336 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Steele (born 11 March 1950) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

He began his playing career in 1967 at Dundee before moving to Southampton in 1972, with whom he helped to win the 1976 FA Cup. Steele was loaned out on loan to Rangers in 1976. He departed for the United States in 1977 where he would spend the remainder of his career, with spells at Washington Diplomats, Pittsburgh Spirit, Memphis Rogues and Chicago Sting.

  1. ^ "Jim Steele". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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