Jimmy Speirs
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| Jimmy Speirs | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Hamilton Speirs | |
| Date of birth | 22 March 1886 | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Date of death | 10 August 1917 (aged 31) | |
| Place of death | Ypres, Belgium | |
| Playing position | Inside forward | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1904–1905 1905 1905–1908 1908–1909 1909–1912 1912–1915 |
Annandale Maryhill Rangers Clyde Bradford City Leeds City |
53 (24) 86 (29) 73 (32) |
| National team | ||
| 1908 | Scotland | 1 (0) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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James Hamilton "Jimmy" Speirs (22 March 1886 — 10 August 1917) was a Scottish football player. He was Bradford City's captain and goalscorer in the 1911 FA Cup Final. As a player he played for Rangers and Clyde, Bradford City and Leeds City. He also won a Scottish cap on 7 March 1908 against Wales.
At the outbreak of the First World War, Jimmy returned to his native Glasgow and enlisted in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. He was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in May 1917 and promoted to sergeant, but was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele.[1]
Speirs is buried at Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, near Ypres in Belgium.
In 2003, his 1911 medal was auctioned off for £26,210, a record for a cup medal.[2]
[edit] Honours
Bradford City
[edit] References
- ^ Telegraph & Argus, Leader on the pitch and the battlefield
- ^ Telegraph & Argus, £26,210 paid for cup medal
