Jimmy Harris (footballer)
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Jimmy Harris | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | James Harris | |
Date of birth | August 18, 1933 | |
Place of birth | Birkenhead, England | |
Playing position | Forward | |
Youth clubs | ||
1948–1951 | Everton | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1951–1960 1960–1964 1964–1966 1966–1967 |
Everton Birmingham City Oldham Athletic Tranmere Rovers |
191 93 (37) 29 (9) 0 (0) |
(65)
National team | ||
1956 | England U-23 | 1 (1) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
James "Jimmy" Harris (born August 18, 1933 in Birkenhead) is a former English professional footballer who played as a forward for Everton and Birmingham City in the First Division. The strengths of his game were his pace and a clear eye for goal.
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[edit] Biography
Harris made his debut for Everton, replacing Dave Hickson, in 1955 and finished his debut season as the club's top scorer with 21 goals in all competitions.[1] He was also capped for England U-23 that season, scoring in a 3–1 win against Scotland U-23 at Hillsborough in February 1956.[2] When moved to outside-right on Hickson's return in 1957 he was able to use his pace and still kept scoring. The following season, 1957–58, he scored a hat-trick away at Tottenham Hotspur only for Everton to lose 10–4.[3] In 1960, having scored 72 goals in 207 appearances in all competitions for Everton,[1] Harris was sold to Birmingham City for a fee of £20,000.[4]
He was the club's top scorer in each of his first two seasons at Birmingham City, and in four years scored 53 goals in 113 games in all competitions.[4] He played in their Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61 campaign when they reached the final against A.S. Roma, and was largely responsible for them getting that far. In the semi-final against Inter Milan he scored three times, including the first goal of the 2–1 win at the San Siro,[5] the only time Inter had lost at home to an English club until Arsenal repeated the feat over forty years later.[6] He also won his only major medal when he played on the winning side in the 1963 Football League Cup Final.
After leaving Birmingham he moved on to Oldham Athletic and home-town club Tranmere Rovers before retiring in 1967.
[edit] Honours
- with Everton
- Club's top scorer 1956.
- with Birmingham City
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runners-up 1961.
- Club's top scorer 1961, 1962.
- Football League Cup winner 1963.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Gallery of Players Signed Between 1950 - 1959. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
- ^ Courtney, Barrie (2004-03-27). England - U-23 International Results- Details. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
- ^ Memorable Matches. Everton F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
- ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books, p. 94. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
- ^ Zea, Anthony; Haisma, Marcel (2007-06-27). European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1960-61 - Details. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
- ^ Moore, Chris. "Harris beats Henry", The Sun, 2003-11-27. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
[edit] References
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
- Neil Brown's statistics site.
[edit] External links
Profile at The History of Everton Football Club.
Persondata | |
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NAME | Harris, James |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harris, Jimmy |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | Professional footballer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1933-08-18 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
DATE OF DEATH | |
PLACE OF DEATH |