Jimmy Robertson (footballer born 1910)

Jimmy Robertson
Personal information
Full name James E. Robertson
Date of birth 1910
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
– Lochee United ? (?)
– Logie Thistle ? (?)
1928–1933 Dundee 157 (47)
1933–1934 Birmingham 6 (1)
1934–1938 Kilmarnock ? (?)
National team
1931 Scotland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

James E. "Jimmy" Robertson (born 1910, date of death unknown) was a Scottish professional footballer who won two caps for the Scotland national football team. He made more than 150 appearances in the First Division of the Scottish Football League for Dundee,[A] and also played in the English Football League for Birmingham and the Scottish First Division for Kilmarnock.[1]

Robertson was born in Dundee. A centre forward, he played for junior clubs Lochee United and Logie Thistle before joining Dundee in June 1928.[2] In a five-and-a-half-year career with the club, he scored 50 goals in 169 games in all competitions, of which 47 goals in 157 games in the First Division.[A] At the end of the 1930–31 season, Robertson was included in Scotland's European tour;[3] he played in two full international matches, a 5–0 defeat to Austria on 16 May 1931[4] and a 3–0 defeat to Italy four days later.[5]

In December 1933, English First Division club Birmingham paid £1,250 for Robertson's services, seeing him as a potential successor to the prolific Joe Bradford, who was coming to the end of his career.[2] He went straight into the starting eleven, and played six consecutive games, scoring once,[6] but he suffered badly from homesickness, which affected his play, and at the end of the season he returned to Scotland to join First Division club Kilmarnock for a fee of £1,000. He maintained a scoring rate of a goal every other game while at Kilmarnock, and retired from the game in 1938.[2]

Notes

A. a b Dundee goals and appearances are sourced from individual season pages, from 1928–29 to 1933–34.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 223. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6. 
  2. ^ a b c Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 
  3. ^ "Dark Blue for Club and Country". Dundee F.C.. http://www.dundeefc.co.uk/news_detail.asp?ID=2444. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  4. ^ "Austria v Scotland 16 May 1931". Scottish Football Association. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/international_fixture_details.cfm?page=462&matchID=57783. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  5. ^ "Italy v Scotland 20 May 1931". Scottish Football Association. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/international_fixture_details.cfm?page=462&matchID=57853. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  6. ^ Matthews, p. 176.
  7. ^ "1928–29". DundeeFC.net. http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s94/st2241.htm. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  8. ^ "1929–30". DundeeFC.net. http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s94/st2242.htm. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  9. ^ "1930–31". DundeeFC.net. http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s94/st2243.htm. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  10. ^ "1931–32". DundeeFC.net. http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s94/st2244.htm. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  11. ^ "1932–33". DundeeFC.net. http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s94/st2245.htm. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  12. ^ "1933–34". DundeeFC.net. http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s94/st2246.htm. Retrieved 10 April 2009. 

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