Jimmy Jackson (footballer, born 1875)

Jimmy Jackson
Jackson in 1897
Personal information
Full name James Jackson[1]
Date of birth (1875-09-15)15 September 1875
Place of birth Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1889–1891 Hamilton Athletic[a]
1891–1892 Adamstown Rosebud
Newton Thistle
Cambuslang
1896–1897 Rangers 1 (0)
1897–1899 Newcastle United 58 (0)
1899–1905 Woolwich Arsenal 183 (0)
1905 Leyton
1905–1906 West Ham United 24 (0)
1906–1908 Rangers 30 (0)
1908–1910 Port Glasgow Athletic 53 (1)
1910 Hamilton Academical 8 (0)
1910–1911 Morton 22 (0)
1911–1915 Abercorn 62 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Jackson (15 September 1875 – after 1914) was a footballer who played as a full back or at wing half.

Jackson's family emigrated from Scotland to Australia where he was raised and where he began his senior football career while still in his early teens. Australian football was still forming and Jackson played for teams from mining areas such as South New Lambton, before being recorded as playing for both Hamilton and Adamstown Rosebud. He returned to Scotland in 1893, appearing in Junior football and briefly for Rangers before moving to England to join Newcastle United. Two years later he signed for Woolwich Arsenal where he spent six seasons, captaining the club in its inaugural season in the Football League First Division. After a short spell as player-manager of Leyton and five months with West Ham United of the Southern League, he rejoined Rangers for two seasons. He ended his career with spells at four more Scottish League clubs: Port Glasgow Athletic, Hamilton Academical, Morton and Abercorn.

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