Jimmy Harris (footballer, born 1907)

James William Harris (9 March 1907 – 1974)[2] was an English professional footballer who played as an outside-forward in the Football League for West Ham United and Southampton in the 1930s.[3]

Jimmy Harris
Personal information
Full name James William Harris
Date of birth (1907-03-09)9 March 1907
Place of birth Tunbridge Wells, England
Date of death 1974 (aged 66–67)
Place of death Maidstone, Kent, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside forward
Youth career
Folkestone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1932 West Ham United 7 (1)
1932–1933 Southampton 2 (0)
Total 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Harris was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent and played his early football with Folkestone[1] in the Southern League Eastern Section before joining West Ham United of the Football League First Division in December 1929.[1]

He made his debut for the Hammers on Christmas Day 1930, playing at inside-left in the absence of Jimmy Ruffell,[4] in a 4–3 victory over Portsmouth and retained his place for a further three matches, scoring in a 5–5 draw against Aston Villa on 3 January 1931.[5] Following Ruffell's return, he only made one further appearance that season, in April, followed by two in January/February 1932.[4]

In July 1932, he moved to the south coast to join Second Division Southampton.[1] He played in the first two matches of the 1932–33 season at outside-left before Johnny Arnold returned from playing cricket with Hampshire.[6] Harris spent the remainder of his time at The Dell playing in the reserves, scoring eight goals in 44 appearances, but was released from his contract in the summer of 1933.[1]

References
  1. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  2. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan & Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  3. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 116. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  4. "Jimmy Harris". The Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics. www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  5. "West Ham 5 – 5 Aston Villa". Game played on 03 Jan 1931. www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  6. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. p. 89. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
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