Jim Cannon (footballer, born 1927)

James Cannon (19 March 1927 – 26 January 1991) was a Scottish footballer who made 99 appearances in the Scottish Football League for Dunfermline Athletic, with whom he played on the losing side in the 1949 Scottish League Cup Final,[3] St Johnstone and Albion Rovers, and 12 appearances in the English Football League for Darlington. An inside forward, he began his career with Blantyre Victoria, and also played for English Southern League club Kettering Town,[4] for whom he scored five times from 21 appearances in all competitions.[5]

For the Crystal Palace footballer, see Jim Cannon. For other people with similar names, see James Cannon (disambiguation).

Jim Cannon
Personal information
Full name James Cannon[1]
Date of birth (1927-03-19)19 March 1927[1]
Place of birth Coatbridge,[1] Scotland
Date of death 26 January 1991(1991-01-26) (aged 63)[2]
Place of death Airdrie,[2] Scotland
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Blantyre Victoria (0)
1948–1951 Dunfermline Athletic 70 (27)
1951–1954 St Johnstone 25 (7)
1954–1955 Kettering Town
1955–1956 Albion Rovers 4 (1)
1956–1957 Darlington 12 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dunfermline teammate Willie McSeveney described him as "one of the cleverest footballers that I have ever seen in my life. He was the guy who invented dummies, he let the ball go through his legs, things like that."[6]

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
  2. "Jim Cannon". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. "Results & Matches on: Sat, 29 Oct 1949". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. "Jim Cannon". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  5. "Player database: Jimmy Cannon". poppiesfans.com. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  6. "McSeveney turns back the clock". Dunfermline Athletic F.C. 30 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2015.


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