Jimmy Todd
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Todd | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 21 December 2007 (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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ardsfc.co.uk/archive/bg_jimmytodd.htm
- ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 291. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200.
