Jim Briscoe

Jimmy Briscoe
Personal information
Date of birth	14 October 1923
Place of birth	Swinton, England
Date of death	27 August 2014 (aged 90)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
	Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
Years	Team
1946–1947	Sheffield Wednesday
	Gainsborough Trinity
1948–1953	Ramsgate
1953–1958	Margate
Managerial career
1968–????	Stevenage Athletic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Patrick Briscoe (14 October 1923 – 27 August 2014)^[1] was a professional footballer, manager and one of the founding members of Stevenage F.C.^[2]

Biography

Born in Swinton, West Riding of Yorkshire, Briscoe came through the youth team at Sheffield Wednesday.^[3] A centre forward, he scored three goals in five league appearances during the 1946–47 season, but left to join non-League Gainsborough Trinity.^[1] He later moved to Kent, playing for Ramsgate and Margate, where he broke the goalscoring record for the Kent League.^[1]

In 1968 he became manager of the newly formed Stevenage Athletic and its successor club Stevenage Borough.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Jim Briscoe - "Mr Stevenage" Stevenage FC History
^ ^a ^b "Phil Wallace and Graham Westley pay tribute to Jim Briscoe". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ Jim Briscoe at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

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[SH-1] Jim Briscoe - "Mr Stevenage" Stevenage FC History

[SFC-2] "Phil Wallace and Graham Westley pay tribute to Jim Briscoe". Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[3] Jim Briscoe at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

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