Jock Sim

John Sim (4 December 1922 – 14 January 2000), known as Jock, Jackie, or Johnny Sim, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre forward or left half in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.[1]

Jock Sim
Personal information
Full name John Sim[1]
Date of birth (1922-12-04)4 December 1922[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 14 January 2000(2000-01-14) (aged 77)[1]
Place of death Chippenham, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre forward, left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946 St Roch's
1946 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
1946–1950 Brighton & Hove Albion 32 (5)
1950–1951 Chippenham Town
1951–1952 Plymouth Argyle 0 (0)
1952–1955 Chippenham Town
Calne Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Sim was born in Glasgow in 1922.[1] During the Second World War, he served abroad for five years.[3] Afterwards, he joined Kirkintilloch Rob Roy from another junior club, St Roch's, early in the 1946–47 season,[3][4] scored freely, and within weeks was reportedly "in almost as great a demand as nylon stockings."[5] He signed for English club Brighton & Hove Albion on 24 October,[3] and scored on his Third Division South debut three weeks later. He had a run in the side in his first season, but injury disrupted his career: he was restricted to just 14 appearances in the next two seasons and none at all in 1949–50.[2]

Ahead of the following campaign, he signed for Chippenham Town, together with three Brighton teammates, Eric Lancelotte, Fred Leamon and Ken Davies.[6] In March 1951, as part of the Western League record transfer that took Rex Tilley to Plymouth Argyle, Sim returned to the Football League,[7] but he never played first-team football for Argyle and was soon back with Chippenham.[8] He stayed for three seasons, but turned down the terms offered for a fourth and was released.[9] He later played for Calne Town.[2]

Sim died in Chippenham in 2000 at the age of 77.[1]

References
  1. "Jock Sim". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  3. "Rob Roy lose a star". Kirkintilloch Herald. 30 October 1946. p. 3.
  4. "Football". Kirkintilloch Herald. 18 September 1946. p. 3. Sim, Rob Roy's new centre, looks like filling the bill admirably.
  5. "The Vale of Grievin'. Rob Roy's last minute winner". Kirkintilloch Herald. 23 October 1946. p. 3.
  6. "Re-discovered". Sports Argus. Birmingham. 2 September 1950. p. 4.
  7. "Chippenham transfers". Wiltshire Times. Trowbridge. 24 March 1951. p. 8.
  8. "Sim returns to Chippenham". Wiltshire Times. Trowbridge. 12 July 1952. p. 10.
  9. "Players released". Wiltshire Times. Trowbridge. 18 June 1955. p. 14.


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