Jim Briscoe
English footballer, manager, and club founder
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James Patrick Briscoe (14 October 1923 – 27 August 2014)[1] was a professional footballer, manager and one of the founding members of Stevenage F.C.[2]
Date of birth
14 October 1923
Place of birth
Swinton, England
Date of death
27 August 2014 (aged 90)
Position
Centre forward
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 October 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Swinton, England | ||
| Date of death | 27 August 2014 (aged 90) | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sheffield Wednesday | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1947 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | (3) |
| Gainsborough Trinity | |||
| 1948–1953 | Ramsgate | ||
| 1953–1958 | Margate | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1968–???? | Stevenage Athletic | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography
Born in Swinton, West Riding of Yorkshire, Briscoe came through the youth team at Sheffield Wednesday.[3] A centre forward, he scored three goals in five league appearances during the 1946–47 season, but left to join non-League Gainsborough Trinity.[1] He later moved to Kent, playing for Ramsgate and Margate, where he broke the goalscoring record for the Kent League.[1]
In 1968 he became manager of the newly formed Stevenage Athletic and its successor club Stevenage Borough.[2]
