Full name James Jones Role Footballer Name Jimmy Jones | Years Team | |
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Date of birth (1928-07-25)25 July 1928 Date of death 13 February 2014(2014-02-13) (aged 85) Died February 13, 2014, Lurgan, United Kingdom | ||
James Jones (25 July 1928 – 13 February 2014) was an Irish League footballer in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s.
Born in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, he scored three goals in the Irish League team which defeated the Football League 5–3 at Windsor Park in 1953. He played in three full international games for Northern Ireland. He joined Glenavon and was the leading Irish League goalscorer for some years in the fifties. He remains the leading goalscorer in Irish league history, and finished as Irish League outright leading goalscorer in 6 different seasons, a record still unbroken. He played in three full international games for Northern Ireland.
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