Jimmy Hannah

James Hannah (c. 1868 – 1 December 1917) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scottish national football team as a winger.

Jimmy Hannah
Personal information
Full name James Hannah[1]
Date of birth 1868[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Date of death 1917 (aged 48–49)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1888–1889 Third Lanark 0 (0)
1889–1891 Sunderland Albion
1891–1897 Sunderland 152 (68)
1897–1899 Third Lanark 23 (3)
1899–1900 Queens Park Rangers
1900 Dykehead
1901 Sunderland Royal Rovers
National team
1889 Scotland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Hannah signed for Sunderland Albion from Third Lanark,[2] and thereafter moved to Sunderland where he made his debut for the Wearside club on 3 October 1891 against Everton in a 2–1 win at Newcastle Road.[3] He played for Sunderland between 1891 and 1897 and won English League championship medals in 1893 and 1895. His goalscoring record in the FA Cup was noteworthy, as he scored 10 times in 16 games in the competition,[4] including a hat-trick in Sunderland's record 11–1 win over Fairfield F.C. on 2 February 1895 in the first round.[5] Overall, at his time at Sunderland, he played in 152 league games and scored 69 goals.[6] After ending his career with Sunderland in the 1896–97 season he returned to Scotland to play for Third Lanark again, before returning south once more to play for Queen's Park Rangers.[7]

While in his first spell with Third Lanark, Hannah made his sole Scotland appearance against Wales on 15 April 1889 in a 0–0 draw at The Racecourse Ground.[8] After moving to England, he became ineligible under the Scottish Football Association's policy of the time which forbade England-based professionals from being selected. The rule was relaxed in 1896 and Hannah took part in the first Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match,[9] but this did not lead to a recall for the full team.

Personal life

He married Isabella Potts in 1890 in Sunderland, and the couple produced four children, including Mary, Annie and James. His life after football was spent on Wearside, where he became licensee of the Smyrna Hotel. He thereafter worked for Messrs Reid & Co. for 15 years.[7]

References
  1. Jimmy Hannah at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Sunderland 2-1 Everton". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  4. "Jimmy Hannah". A Love Supreme. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  5. "Sunderland 11-1 Fairfield". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  6. "Jimmy Hannah". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  7. Death of Jimmy Hannah, Newcastle Journal, December 3, 1917
  8. "Mon 15 Apr 1889 Wales 0 Scotland 0". London Hearts. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  9. Football. International Trial Matches., The Glasgow Herald, 26 March 1896
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