Jimmy Blain
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Donald Blain[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1940-04-09) 9 April 1940 (age 84)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left back, inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
195?–1959 | Everton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1960 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
1960–1962 | Southport | 127 | (40) |
1962–1964 | Rotherham United | 23 | (1) |
1964–1965 | Carlisle United | 41 | (7) |
1965–1974 | Exeter City | 320 | (15) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Donald Blain (born 9 April 1940) is an English professional footballer who made 501 appearances in the Football League playing as a left back or inside forward for Southport,[2] Rotherham United, Carlisle United and Exeter City.[1][3] Blain was born in Mossley Hill, Liverpool,[2] and began his career as a youngster with Everton, but never played for their first team.[4] After retiring from football he remained in the Exeter area and worked as a carpet fitter.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Jimmy Blain". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Player details: Jimmy Blain". Port Online. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Strange, Ben (28 February 2018). "'I dislocated my shoulder at St James Park over the Christmas period. It was a freezing cold day and the ground was like a rock'". Exeter City F.C. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Everton transfer". Liverpool Echo. 11 February 1960. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via bluecorrespondent.co.uk.
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