Jimmy Dodds
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Angus Dodds | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 7 September 1914||
Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland[1] | ||
Date of death | 26 January 1942[2] | (aged 27)||
Place of death | Singapore | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1933 | Model | ||
1934 | Linfield | ||
1935–1936 | Fulham | 1 | (0) |
1936–1937 | Gillingham | 26 | (7) |
1937 | Glentoran | ||
1938 | Worcester City | ||
1939 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
James Angus Dodds (7 September 1914 – 26 January 1942) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Fulham and Gillingham.[1]
Personal life[]
Dodds served as a flight sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.[2] He was mentioned in despatches twice during his service.[3][4] Dodds was killed on 26 January 1942 aboard Lockheed Hudson AE602 when it was shot down by Japanese Ki-27 fighters during the Battle of Singapore.[2][3][5][unreliable source?][6] The bomber had been returning to base after conducting a raid on Japanese ships landing at Endau.[5][unreliable source?] Dodds is commemorated on the Kranji War Memorial.[2]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | Division | League | Other | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Fulham | 1935–36[1] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gillingham | 1936–37[1] | Third Division North | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 |
Career total | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 2 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Jim Dodds at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d "Casualty Details: James Angus Dodds". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Flight Sergeant James Angus DODDS (966370) of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve". RAFCommands. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "No. 35284". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 September 1941. p. 5576.
- ^ a b "WW2 75 – 26 January 1942 – Fighting with 'the Forgotten Air Force': Sergeant Deryk Vaughan Saunders (1920-42) Royal Air Force 62 Squadron". Budleigh Past and Present. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ White, Alex (2 December 2020). "Fulham and the Second World War Part 5 - Fulham's Wartime Internationals, Guest Players and Players Killed During the War". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1942 deaths
- Association footballers from Belfast
- Association football wingers
- Association footballers from Northern Ireland
- English Football League players
- Linfield F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Gillingham F.C. players
- Glentoran F.C. players
- Worcester City F.C. players
- Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
- Royal Air Force airmen
- Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
- Aviators killed by being shot down
- Military personnel from Belfast
- Northern Ireland association football biography stubs