Jimmy Briscoe
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Briscoe | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1914[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Skelmersdale, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 10 June 1944 (aged 30) | ||
| Place of death | Montefiascone, Fascist Italy | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1933 | Skelmersdale Shoe Company | ||
| 1934 | Skelmersdale United | ||
| 1936–1938 | Southport | 3 | (0) |
| 1938 | Skelmersdale United | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Briscoe (25 January 1914 – 10 June 1944) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Southport.[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Briscoe served as a guardsman in the Coldstream Guards during the Second World War and was killed in Italy while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, part of the 6th Armoured Division, on 10 June 1944.[2][3] He is buried at Bolsena War Cemetery.[3]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Southport | 1937[2] | Liverpool Senior Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1937–38[2] | Third Division North | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Jimmy 'Tim' Briscoe at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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- 1914 births
- 1944 deaths
- Military personnel from Lancashire
- People from Skelmersdale
- Footballers from Lancashire
- Men's association football full-backs
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Skelmersdale United F.C. players
- Southport F.C. players
- British Army personnel killed in World War II
- Coldstream Guards soldiers
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football defender, 1910s birth stubs