Full name Jimmy J. Moreton 1910–1926 Tranmere Rovers Name Jimmy Moreton | Years Team Role Football player –1910 Cammell Laird Died August 1942 | |
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Date of birth (1891-09-22)22 September 1891 | ||
Date of death August 1942 (aged 50) | ||
Jimmy J. Moreton (22 September 1891 – August 1942) was a football player and manager. He joined Tranmere Rovers from Cammell Laird in July 1910. He was switched from right-half to outside right, where he set up countless goals for a succession of Tranmere centre forwards, including Dixie Dean, in almost 500 appearances at the club.
Upon retirement, aged 37, Moreton became trainer alongside manager Bert Cooke, before taking over as manager himself, from 1939, during World War II. He died in 1942, and was succeeded by another former player, Bill Ridding.
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