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Jimmy Atkinson
Personal information
Full name James Atkinson[1]
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Inside forward, wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Newton Heath Athletic
190?–1905 Sale Holmefield
1905–1908 Bolton Wanderers 3 (1)
1908–1909 Brighton & Hove Albion 32 (1)
1909–1910 Exeter City 40 (0)
1910–19?? Barrow
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Atkinson (1886 – after 1910) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward or wing half in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers.

Life and career

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Atkinson was born in 1886 in Manchester,[2] and was playing Manchester League football for Newton Heath Athletic by the age of 15. He moved on to Sale Holmefield, had a trial with Manchester United that came to nothing, then signed for Bolton Wanderers in March 1905. He scored on his debut in the First Division a year later, but played only twice more in the league before spending the 1908–09 Southern League season as Brighton & Hove Albion's regular left half.[1] A season with another Southern League club, Exeter City, followed, and he then joined Barrow of the Lancashire Combination.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ "Atkinson, James". The Grecian Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2018.


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