Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1928)

Jimmy Jones

Personal information
Full name	James Jones
Date of birth	(1928-07-25)25 July 1928
Place of birth	Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Date of death	13 February 2014(2014-02-13) (aged 85)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
	Glenavon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1949	Belfast Celtic	33	(43)
1949–1950	Larne
1950–1951	Fulham	0	(0)
1951–1962	Glenavon	222	(269)
1962–1963	Portadown	14	(8)
1963–1964	Bangor	20	(12)
1964–1965	Newry Town
International career
1956–1957	Northern Ireland	3	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James "Jimmy" Jones (25 July 1928 – 13 February 2014) was an Irish League footballer in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s.

Born in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, he scored three goals in the Irish League team which defeated the Football League 5–3 at Windsor Park in 1953. He played in three full international games for Northern Ireland. He joined Glenavon and was the leading Irish League goalscorer for some years in the fifties. He remains the leading goalscorer in Irish league history, and finished as Irish League outright leading goalscorer in 6 different seasons, a record still unbroken. He played in three full international games for Northern Ireland.

External links

• Jimmy Jones' profile at worldfootball.net