Jimmy Adams (footballer)
James Arthur Adams (2 August 1937 – 30 December 2005) was an English footballer who played at full-back for Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra and Macclesfield Town from 1956 to 1963.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Arthur Adams[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1937[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 30 December 2005 (aged 68)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1960 | Port Vale | 1 | (0) |
| 1960–1961 | Crewe Alexandra | 0 | (0) |
| 1961–1963 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | (0) |
| Total | 46 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Adams spent his youth with Wolverhampton Wanderers, before he returned to his hometown of Stoke-on-Trent to sign for Freddie Steele's Port Vale in May 1956.[1][3] There he was converted from a wing-half position to play at full-back.[3] His only appearance for the club came in a Third Division South clash at Brentford's Griffin Park on 26 April 1958, Vale losing 4–1.[1] He was released from Vale Park by manager Norman Low in May 1960 and later joined Crewe Alexandra.[1] He did not feature in a senior game for the "Railwaymen", and in February 1961 joined Macclesfield Town in the Cheshire County League.[3] He actually made his first-team debut for the "Silkmen" against Crewe Alexandra Reserves in a Cheshire Senior Cup match on 4 February.[3] He made 46 league and 12 cup appearances, before a re-occurrence of an old knee injury forced his retirement in October 1963. During his time at Macclesfield he was employed as a draughtsman at ROF Radway Green at Radway Green.[3]
Statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Port Vale | 1957–58 | Third Division South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Macclesfield Town | 1961–63 | Cheshire County League | ||||||
| Total | 46 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 47 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||
References
- Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 3. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- "Jimmy Adams". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- "Player Profiles - A". www.silkmenarchives.org.uk. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- Jimmy Adams at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)