Jimmy Todd

Jimmy Todd
Personal information
Full name James Todd
Date of birth 19 March 1921(1921-03-19)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death 21 December 2007(2007-12-21) (aged 86)
Playing position Half-back
Youth career
Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
Ards
1946–1953 Port Vale 146 (0)
Wellington Town
Stafford Rangers
Total 146+ (0+)
Teams managed
Crusaders
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

James "Jimmy" Todd (19 March 1921 – 21 December 2007) was a footballer from Northern Ireland who played most notably for Port Vale in the 1940s and '50s.

Playing career

Todd began his playing career with Ards,[1] before playing for the RAF and then Blackpool before moving to Port Vale for a then-club-record four-figure fee in October 1946. Over the next seven years, he had runs in the first team and spells without a game before eventually being given a free transfer to Wellington Town in May 1953, he had played 146 league and eleven FA Cup games for the club.[2]

Todd later played for Stafford Rangers. He also was a scout for Ards, before managing Crusaders, with whom he won the Irish Cup.

References

  1. ^ http://www.ardsfc.co.uk/archive/bg_jimmytodd.htm
  2. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 291. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200.