Jump to content

James Bulloch (footballer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Bulloch
Personal information
Full name James Stewart Bulloch
Date of birth 23 October 1909
Place of birth Craigneuk, Scotland
Date of death 27 April 1992(1992-04-27) (aged 82)
Place of death Lübeck, Germany
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Law Scotia
1928Albion Rovers (trial) 0 (0)
1929–1938 Hamilton Academical 231 (2)
1938 Morton 0 (0)
1938–1942 Alloa Athletic 34 (0)
1940–1941Dumbarton (guest)[2] 0 (0)
Total 265 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Stewart Bulloch (23 October 1909 – 27 April 1992) was a Scottish footballer who played for Hamilton Academical, Alloa Athletic and Dumbarton, mainly at left back.[3][4] He captained Hamilton in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final which they lost 2–1 to Rangers,[5] then won promotion from the second tier in 1938–39 with Alloa after being recruited by former Accies teammate Jimmy McStay who had taken over as manager.[1] Bulloch served in the Lothians and Border Horse regiment during World War II, and moved to Germany to coach football after the war ended.[1] Bulloch was in 1948 and 1949 coach in the Netherlands at AGOVV winning the Eerste klasse oost and was third in Dutch championship 1948/49.[6][7]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c Bulloch, Jamie (1929), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  2. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. ^ Emms, Steve; Wells, Richard (2007). Scottish League Players' Records Division One 1890/91 to 1938/39. Beeston, Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 978-1-899468-66-9.
  4. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ McGilvray, Andy (14 April 2010). "75 years since Accies' Scottish Cup final against Rangers". Daily Record. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  6. ^ EDE—ARNHEMSE BOYS 1—0. "Nijmeegsch dagblad". Nijmegen, 04-10-1948, p. 2. Geraadpleegd op Delpher op 08-04-2022, https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMRANM03:048380028:mpeg21:p00002
  7. ^ AGOVV kampioen. "Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant". Zwolle, 07-03-1949, p. 2. Geraadpleegd op Delpher op 08-04-2022, https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMHCO02:163848055:mpeg21:p00002