Jimmy Atkinson
English footballer
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James Atkinson (1886 – after 1910) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward or wing half in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Atkinson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Newton Heath Athletic | |||
| 190?–1905 | Sale Holmefield | ||
| 1905–1908 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | (1) |
| 1908–1909 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 32 | (1) |
| 1909–1910 | Exeter City | 40 | (0) |
| 1910–19?? | Barrow | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Life and career
Atkinson was born in 1886 in Manchester,[2] and was playing Manchester League football for Newton Heath Athletic by the age of 15. He moved on to Sale Holmefield, had a trial with Manchester United that came to nothing, then signed for Bolton Wanderers in March 1905. He scored on his debut in the First Division a year later, but played only twice more in the league before spending the 1908–09 Southern League season as Brighton & Hove Albion's regular left half.[1] A season with another Southern League club, Exeter City, followed, and he then joined Barrow of the Lancashire Combination.[3]
