Jimmy Smith (Hearts footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James B. Smith | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | St Anthony's | ||
| 1921–1923 | Dunfermline Athletic | 59 | (16) |
| 1923 | → Clydebank (loan) | 9 | (10) |
| 1923–1924 | Clydebank | 40 | (3) |
| 1924–1931 | Heart of Midlothian | 164 | (48) |
| 1927 | → Bo'ness (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1928 | → Raith Rovers (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 1932–1934 | Cork City | ||
| 1934–1936 | East Stirlingshire | 61 | (28) |
| 1934–1936 | Dundee United | 51 | (19) |
| International career | |||
| 1924–1927[1] | Scottish League XI | 3 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James B. Smith was a Scottish footballer who played for clubs including Dunfermline Athletic,[2] Heart of Midlothian[3] and Dundee United[4] as an outside right, though he began his career as a centre forward and in the last years of his career was used at inside left.
He made three appearances for the Scottish League XI (all in the annual fixture against the Irish League representative team), and played in a trial for the full Scotland team in 1924.[5]
References
- ^ "SFL player Jimmy Smith". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Jimmy Smith, Dunfermline Athletic FC
- ^ "Hearts player Jimmy Smith". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Jimmy Smith Player Profile, Arab Archive
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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Categories:
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Association football outside forwards
- Scottish footballers
- St Anthony's F.C. players
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
- Bo'ness F.C. players
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- East Stirlingshire F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Clydebank F.C. (1914) players
- Cork City F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- League of Ireland players
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
- Expatriate association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
- Scottish expatriate footballers
- Scottish Football League representative players