Jackie Jameson
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| Jackie Jameson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Jameson | |
| Date of birth | 1957 | |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | |
| Date of death | 29 October 2002 | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1975 | Lourdes Celtic | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1975-1978 1978-1981 1981-1990 |
Shamrock Rovers St. Patrick's Athletic Bohemians |
5 (0) ? (?) 205 (70) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jackie Jameson (1957-29 October 2002), born in Dublin) was an Irish soccer player during the 1970s and 1980s.
Jackie Jameson represented Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk (loan), St. Patricks Athletic and Bohemians during his career. He is known around Dalymount Park as "The Great Man"[citation needed]. He was inducted into the Bohemian F.C. Hall of Fame in November 2007.[1].
Jameson played his schoolboy football at Lourdes Celtic and Cherry Orchard before moving into League of Ireland football with Shamrock Rovers in 1975.
He made a scoring debut on October 21, 1975 in a League Cup tie while in the previous month on the 11th of September he scored against Japan in a 3-2 win in Tokyo. However he struggled to gain regular first team football under John Giles and after only 5 appearances he moved to St Patricks Athletic in 1978 where he began to establish himself as a player of some class. He spent 3 seasons at Pats, reaching a FAI Cup Final in 1980 (losing to Waterford) before he joined Billy Young's Bohemians in 1981.
He spent 9 years at Dalymount Park until his retirement in 1990. Jackie would end up as Bohemian's top league scorer in 5 of those seasons[citation needed]. He was runner up in the FAI Cup in 1982 and 1983 and runner up in the League of Ireland in 1984 and 1985. He never capped at full international level either. However, he was League of Ireland Representative XI and the Irish Olympic team. He played 303 competitive matches for Bohs after making his debut against Shelbourne on August 30, 1981 with his last game on January 28, 1990 against UCD.
Jackie died in 2002.[2]
Jackie is still a legend amongst the Bohs fans and many songs and flags have been create in honour of him.
