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Jim French (footballer, born 1926)

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Jim French
Personal information
Full name James Robert French[1]
Date of birth (1926-11-27)27 November 1926[1]
Place of birth Stockton-on-Tees,[1] England
Date of death February 2004 (2004-03) (aged 77)[2]
Place of death Stockton on Tees,[2] England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Middlesbrough 0 (0)
1951–1952 Northampton Town 1 (0)
1953–1955 Darlington 52 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Robert French (27 November 1926 – February 2004) was an English footballer who made 53 appearances in the Football League playing as an inside forward for Northampton Town and Darlington in the 1950s. He was also on the books of Middlesbrough but never played for them in the League.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Jim French". In The Mad Crowd. John Phillips. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Jim French". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10" and "Northampton Town: 1946/47–2012/13". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 29 July 2014.