Full name James Cannon Name Jim Cannon Role Footballer | Place of death Airdrie, Scotland Position Inside forward Playing position | |
Date of birth (1927-03-19)19 March 1927 Date of death 26 January 1991(1991-01-26) (aged 63) Died January 26, 1991, Airdrie, United Kingdom | ||
Place of birth Coatbridge, Scotland | ||
James Cannon (19 March 1927 – 26 January 1991), also known as Jimmy Cannon, was a Scottish footballer who made 99 appearances in the Scottish Football League for Dunfermline Athletic, with whom he played on the losing side in the 1949 Scottish League Cup Final, St Johnstone and Albion Rovers, and 12 appearances in the English Football League for Darlington. An inside forward, he began his career with Blantyre Victoria, and also played for English Southern League club Kettering Town, for whom he scored five times from 21 appearances in all competitions.
Dunfermline teammate Willie McSeveney described him as "one of the cleverest footballers that I have ever seen in my life. He was the guy who invented dummies, he let the ball go through his legs, things like that."