Jimmy Gabriel

Jimmy Gabriel
Personal information
Full name James Gabriel[1]
Date of birth (1940-10-10)10 October 1940
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 10 July 2021(2021-07-10) (aged 80)
Place of death Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Tyneside Boys Club
Dundee North End
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1960 Dundee 55 (0)
1960–1967 Everton 256 (33)
1967–1972 Southampton 191 (25[2])
1972–1974 AFC Bournemouth 53 (4)
1973 → Swindon Town (loan) 6 (0)
1974 Brentford 9 (0)
1974–1979 Seattle Sounders 53 (7)
1981–1982 San Jose Earthquakes (indoor) 7 (0)
Total 630 (69)
International career
1959–1964 Scotland U23 6 (0)
1960[3] SFL trial v SFA 1 (0)
1960–1963 Scotland 2 (0)
Managerial career
1977–1979 Seattle Sounders
1980 Phoenix Fire
1980–1982 San Jose Earthquakes
1985–1988 Seattle Storm
1990 Everton (caretaker)
1993–1994 Everton (caretaker)
1997–2005 Seattle Sounders (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Gabriel (10 October 1940 – 10 July 2021) was a Scottish football defensive midfielder and defender who earned two caps with the Scotland national football team. Chiefly associated with English clubs Everton and Southampton, Gabriel played extensively in Scotland and England before ending his career with the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League. He then became a coach in both England and the United States.

  1. ^ "Jimmy Gabriel". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan & Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  3. ^ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.[permanent dead link]