Jim Cannon (footballer, born 1927)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Cannon[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1927[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Coatbridge,[1] Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Blantyre Victoria | (0) | |
| 1948–1951 | Dunfermline Athletic | 70 | (27) |
| 1951–1954 | St. Johnstone | 25 | (7) |
| 1954–1955 | Kettering Town | ||
| 1955–1956 | Albion Rovers | 4 | (1) |
| 1956–1957 | Darlington | 12 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
James "Jim" Cannon (born 19 March 1927), also known as Jimmy Cannon, was a Scottish footballer who made 99 appearances in the Scottish Football League for Dunfermline Athletic, with whom he played on the losing side in the 1949 Scottish League Cup Final,[2] St. Johnstone and Albion Rovers, and 12 appearances in the English Football League for Darlington. An inside forward, he began his career with Blantyre Victoria, and also played for English Southern League club Kettering Town,[3] for whom he scored five times from 21 appearances in all competitions.[4]
His former Dunfermline teammate Willie McSeveney described him as "one of the cleverest footballers that I have ever seen in my life. He was the guy who invented dummies, he let the ball go through his legs, things like that."[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
- ↑ "Results & Matches on: Sat, 29 Oct 1949". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ "Jim Cannon". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ "Player database: Jimmy Cannon". poppiesfans.com. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ "McSeveney turns back the clock". Dunfermline Athletic F.C. 30 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2015.