Jimmy Carr (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Edward Charles Carr | ||
Date of birth | 19 December 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 26 June 1980 | (aged 86)||
Place of death | Harrow, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Position(s) |
Outside left | ||
Youth career | |||
1908–1913 | Watford Orient | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1913–1914 | Watford | 18 | (0) |
1914–1915 | West Ham United | 9 | (1) |
1919–1923 | Reading | 116[1] | (8) |
1923–1926 | Southampton | 86 | (10) |
1926–1927 | Swansea Town | 7 | (1) |
1927 | Southall | ||
1927–1928 | Queens Park Rangers | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Edward Charles Carr (19 December 1893 – 26 June 1980) was a Scottish
Football career
Carr was born in Maryhill, Glasgow, but started his football career as a youth playing for Watford Orient, before joining Watford as a 14-year-old in 1908. He made his Southern League debut for Watford at the age of 16.[2] He moved to fellow Southern League club, West Ham United, in 1914 and made nine appearances in the 1914–15 season.
During
At The Dell, Carr and Andrews briefly re-created their left-wing partnership, before Andrews was replaced by Cliff Price in December 1923. Having played in every match from the start of the 1923–24 season, a serious knee injury in January, which required an operation,[2] put Carr out for the rest of the season, with Elias MacDonald replacing him.[3]
Carr returned for the start of
In the 1925–26 season, Carr linked up well on the left, firstly with Cliff Price and later with Frank Matthews, before he was released at the end of the season.[5]
Now in his mid-thirties, Carr placed an advertisement in the "Athletic News" stating that he wished to "assist a club outside the League in exchange for a business".
Bowls career
He participated in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in the fours/rinks event finishing 8th.[6]
References
- ^ Football League appearances only
- ^ ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
- ^ Saints – A complete record. pp. 72–73.
- ^ Saints – A complete record. pp. 74–75.
- ^ "Lawn Bowls Fours/Rinks - Vancouver 1954". Commonwealth Games Federation.