Jimmy Lawson (footballer)

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Jimmy Lawson
Jimmy Lawson.jpg
Lawson in action as a golfer, 1930s
Personal information
Full name James Samson Lawson[1]
Date of birth (1886-03-26)26 March 1886
Place of birth Panbride, Scotland
Date of death 2 September 1962(1962-09-02) (aged 76)
Place of death Nassau, Bahamas
Height 5'8 (152.4cm)
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1908
1908–1913 Dundee 121 (0)
1913–1914 Airdrieonians 17 (0)
1914–1915 New Bedford Whalers
1915 Bethlehem Steel
Total 138 (0)
National team
1912 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

James Samson Lawson (26 March 1886 – 2 September 1962) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back, primarily for Dundee,[2] before moving to the United States to be a professional golfer.

Career[]

He was part of the Dundee squad which won the Scottish Cup in 1910[3] and was selected to play for the Scottish Football League XI in 1912.[4] After a one-year spell at Airdrieonians he quit the game in 1914 and moved to the United States to become a professional golfer,[1] also remaining involved in football as a player with New Bedford Whalers and Bethlehem Steel,[5] and as a coach for the Steel and at Lehigh University.[6]

Over a long career he was a golf club manufacturer, and a country club pro in Chicago, Flint, Texas and Indianapolis, before retiring to Florida.[1][6] He also served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I and in the U.S. Army in World War II.[1]

Personal life[]

Jimmy Lawson was born to George, a farmer who also worked as a gardener and draper, and Elizabeth "Betsy" (nee Will), a domestic worker. Two of his brothers, Fred Reid Lawson (1888–1954)[7] and Herbert Charles "Heb" Lawson (1892–1930)[8] also moved to America to play golf professionally.[9] Herbert also briefly played football at Bethlehem Steel.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d The Hawthorns Series (page 10), Robert Bradley and Douglas Gorman, Scottish Sport History, October 1914
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Kenny Ross. "1910 - Scottish Cup". Dundee F.C. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ^ (SFL player) Jimmy Lawson, London Hearts Supporters Club
  5. ^ Soccer, The Globe - South Bethlehem, 2 February 1915, via Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club
  6. ^ a b James S Lawson, Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland
  7. ^ Fred Lawson, Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland
  8. ^ Herbert Lawson, Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland
  9. ^ The Amazing Carnoustie Oakmont Connection, David Gould, The A Position, 2011
  10. ^ Soccer, The Globe - South Bethlehem, 3 March 1916, via Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club


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