Jimmy McIntosh

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Jimmy McIntosh
Full name	James McLaughlin McIntosh
Date of birth	April 5, 1918
Place of birth	Dumfries, Scotland
Date of death	2000
Playing position	Forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
-1935 1935-1938 1938-1946 1946-1948 1948-1951 1951-19??	Droylsden Blackpool Preston North End Blackpool Everton Distillery	0? 0(?) 05 0(0) 27 0(3) 74 (22) 58 (19) 0? 0(?)
Teams managed
	Everton (player-manager) Ballymena United
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

James McLaughlin "Jimmy" McIntosh (April 5, 1918 – 2000) was a Scottish professional footballer (a forward) and, later, a manager.

McIntosh began his professional career with Joe Smith's Blackpool in 1935. He made his debut on September 21, 1935, in a single-goal defeat at Swansea Town. He made only three more appearances in the 1935–36 campaign; indeed, he wasn't selected again until the opening game of the 1936–37 season.

In 1938 he joined Blackpool's arch-rivals Preston North End. He was part of a deal that brought Frank O'Donnell to the club, with Dickie Watmough joining McIntosh on his way to Deepdale. In eight years at Preston, he made 27 league appearances and scored three goals.

After World War II, McIntosh returned to Blackpool, who were still under the management of Joe Smith. He appeared in the first 26 and final two games of the 1946–47 league season, scoring five goals in the process (including one in a 3–2 victory over Liverpool at Bloomfield Road on November 30, 1946).

In 1947–48, on November 1, 1947, he scored both goals in another home victory over Liverpool. He also scored the only goal in a home victory over Aston Villa on January 31, 1948, and five goals in a 7–0 whitewash of his former club Preston at Deepdale in the final game of the season.

After helping the club to the 1948 FA Cup Final by scoring five goals in their journey to Wembley, McIntosh missed the main event against Manchester United.

In McIntosh's final season at Blackpool, 1948–49, he made just thirteen league appearances, scoring four goals. All of the goals game in three consecutive February league games (one against Bolton Wanderers, the only goal of the game; one at Liverpool in a 1–1 draw; and both goals in a 2–2 draw at home to Preston).

His final appearance for Blackpool occurred in the final game of the season, a 1–1 draw at Lancashire neighbours Burnley.

McIntosh joined Everton, with whom he went on to make 58 league appearances and score nineteen goals. He was also the club's player-manager for a period.

He finished his playing career with Distillery, before managing Ballymena United.