Jimmy Forrest (footballer)

This article is about the English footballer (1864-1925). For other people, see James Forrest (disambiguation).

Jimmy Forrest
Personal information
Full name James Henry Forrest
Date of birth (1864-06-24)24 June 1864
Place of birth Blackburn, England
Date of death 30 December 1925(1925-12-30) (aged 61)
Position(s) Half-back
Youth career
Imperial United
Witton
King's Own Blackburn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1883–1895 Blackburn Rovers 148 (2)
1895–1896 Darwen 10 (1)
International career
1884–1890 England 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Henry Forrest (24 June 1864 – 30 December 1925) was an English footballer whose career spanned the transition from amateurism to professionalism in English football in the 1880s and 1890s. He played most of his club career for Blackburn Rovers, whose early embracing of professionalism enabled them to become one of the major teams in English football, and with whom he appeared on the winning side in five FA Cup finals. He was the first professional player to appear for England for whom he made eleven appearances, as a half-back.