Jimmy Bloomfield

Jimmy Bloomfield
Personal information
Full name James Henry Bloomfield[1]
Date of birth (1934-02-15)15 February 1934[1]
Place of birth Notting Hill, London, England
Date of death 3 April 1983(1983-04-03) (aged 49)[1]
Place of death Chingford, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Hayes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1952 Hayes
195?–1952 Walthamstow Avenue
1952–1954 Brentford 42 (5)
1954–1960 Arsenal 210 (54)
1960–1964 Birmingham City 123 (28)
1964–1965 Brentford 44 (4)
1965–1966 West Ham United 10 (0)
1966–1968 Plymouth Argyle 25 (1)
1968–1970 Orient 45 (3)
Total 499 (95)
International career
1956–1957 England U23 2 (1)
Football League XI
Managerial career
1968–1971 Orient
1971–1977 Leicester City
1977–1981 Orient
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Henry Bloomfield (15 February 1934 – 3 April 1983) was an English football player and manager. He made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League, including more than 300 in the First Division with Arsenal, Birmingham City and West Ham United. He was capped by England at under-23 level. He then spent 13 years in management with Orient and Leicester City.

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