Jimmy Montgomerie

James Baird Montgomerie MC & Bar MM (20 July 1894 – 22 March 1987) was a Scottish-Canadian soccer centre half back who played in Canada and the United States. He was a veteran of World War I, serving in the Canadian Army and winning the Military Cross with bar.

Jimmy Montgomerie
Personal information
Full name James Baird Thorneycroft Montgomerie
Date of birth (1894-07-20)July 20, 1894
Place of birth Darvel, Scotland
Date of death March 22, 1987(1987-03-22) (aged 92)
Place of death Eynsham, England
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Montreal Highlanders
–1924 Grenadier Guards
1924–1931 New Bedford Whalers 280 (40)
1931 Fall River Marksmen 6 (2)
1931 New Bedford Whalers 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Born in Scotland, Montgomerie was playing in Montreal by 1915 when he was part of the Montreal All Star team which lost to the Toronto All Stars during their annual inter-city clash.[1] At that time, he played for Highlanders. When World War I began, Montgomerie entered the Canadian Army and was assigned to the 42nd Battalion.[2] During that war, he served as a lieutenant and won the Military Medal and the Military Cross with bar.[3][4] After the war, he returned to Canada. In 1922, he played for Montreal's Grenadier Guards when they won the Quebec Cup.[5] In 1924, Montgomerie moved south to join the New Bedford Whalers of the American Soccer League. He remained with the Whalers until the fall of 1931, aside from six games with the Fall River Marksmen in the spring of 1931.

  • Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.