Jimmy Lyske
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Full name
James Herbert Alexander Lyske[1]
Date of birth
7 October 1932[1]
Date of death
December 1974 (aged 42)[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Herbert Alexander Lyske[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1932[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Portadown,[1] Northern Ireland | ||
| Date of death | December 1974 (aged 42)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Yeovil,[2] England | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Portadown BC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 19??–1957 | Glenavon | ||
| 1957–1958 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| 1958–1959 | Darlington | 16 | (0) |
| 1959–1960 | Yeovil Town | (0) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Herbert Alexander Lyske (7 October 1932 – 11 or 12 December 1974) was a Northern Irish footballer who played as a full back in the Irish Football League for Glenavon, in the English Football League for Darlington,[1] and for Southern League club Yeovil Town.[3] He was on the books of Sunderland without playing for them in the League.[1]
Lyske played four times for Ireland Schools in 1947[4][5] and represented Northern Ireland youth in 1951.[6]
Lyske died in Yeovil District Hospital in December 1974 after collapsing in the street; he was 42.[2]
