Jim Cannon

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Jim Cannon
Personal information
Full name	James Cannon
Date of birth	October 2, 1953 (1953-10-02) (age 54)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
1970-1973	Crystal Palace
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1973-1988 1988-?	Crystal Palace Bristol Rovers	551 (?) ? (?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jim Cannon (born 2 October 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a retired football player from Scotland.

He was, along with several other promising young Scottish players, signed as a junior for Crystal Palace F.C. by then manager Bert Head. He made a goalscoring debut on March 31, 1973 against Chelsea and went on to make 660 appearances for the club, beating Terry Long's record in the 1984-85 season.

A cultured centre half who could also play at left back or in midfield, he eventually left the club at the end of the 1987-88 season (15 seasons after his debut), having been captain for the previous ten seasons, and, following a short spell with Bristol Rovers he retired from the professional game to set up the successful company ICS Builders in the Croydon area.

From the 2005-06 season onwards, he made a return to Palace, in the hospitality department, hosting the executive boxes at Selhurst Park on matchdays.

In 2005, Jim was voted into Palace's Centenary XI, and was only just pipped to "The Player of The Century" award, by Ian Wright.

Preceded by Kenny Sansom	Crystal Palace F.C. Player of The Year 1978	Succeeded by Kenny Sansom
Preceded by Billy Gilbert	Crystal Palace F.C. Player of The Year 1985	Succeeded by George Wood
Preceded by George Wood	Crystal Palace F.C. Player of The Year 1987	Succeeded by Geoff Thomas