Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1937)

James Collins (21 December 1937 – 25 July 2018) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Lugar Boswell Thistle, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton & Hove Albion, and a number of English non-League clubs.

This article is about the Brighton forward. For other footballers, see James Collins.
Jimmy Collins
Personal information
Full name James Collins[1]
Date of birth (1937-12-21)21 December 1937[1]
Place of birth Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of death 25 July 2018(2018-07-25) (aged 80)[2]
Place of death Shoreham-by-Sea, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1956 Lugar Boswell Thistle
1956–1962 Tottenham Hotspur 2 (0)
1962–1967 Brighton & Hove Albion 201 (44)
1967–1971 Wimbledon
Stevenage
Southwick
Shoreham
Saltdean United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Collins was born in Sorn, Ayrshire.[1] He began his football career with Lugar Boswell Thistle, and was capped twice at Junior level in 1956,[1] before joining Tottenham Hotspur in June of that year. The inside forward featured in two first team matches in 1961 for the Lilywhites and made his senior debut against West Ham United on 23 August 1961.[3][4] In October 1962, Collins signed for Brighton & Hove Albion, where he was appointed captain and went on to score 48 goals from 221 appearances in all competitions. He left the club at the end of the 1966–67 season for Wimbledon of the Southern League, where he spent four years, and then played for Stevenage, Southwick, Shoreham and Saltdean United.[1] Collins died in Shoreham-by-Sea in 2018 at the age of 80.[2][5]

References
  1. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  2. Lo, Hsin-yi (25 July 2018). "Ex-players and fans remember Albion skipper Jimmy Collins". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. "Spurs v West Ham United". MEHSTG. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. "A–Z of players". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  5. "Jimmy Collins". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  • Jimmy Collins at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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