Jim Pearce (footballer)

Jim Pearce
Personal information
Full name James Pearce[1]
Date of birth (1909-09-13)13 September 1909[1]
Place of birth Chirk, Wales
Date of death 1986 (aged 76–77)[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Chirk
Royal Tank Corps
1932–1934 Wrexham 0 (0)
1934–1939 Bristol City 148 (2)
1939 Rochdale 3 (0)
1946–19?? Cardiff City 0 (0)
International career
19?? Wales Amateur
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Pearce (13 September 1909 – 1986) was a Welsh footballer who played as a centre half. He made over 150 Football League appearances in the years before the Second World War.[3]

Career

Pearce played locally for Chirk and for the Royal Tank Corps in the Army,[4] and was on the books of Wrexham on amateur terms.[1] Bob Hewison signed Pearce in August 1934 for Bristol City.[4][5] Pearce joined Rochdale in May 1939. Pearce represented the Army during wartime service in Greece and the Middle East.[4] In 1946 he joined Cardiff City without making a return to first-team football.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Player search: Pearce, J (Jim)". English National Football Archive (ENFA). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Bristol City. Forward line strengthened". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  4. ^ a b c Woods, David; Edwards, Leigh (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
  5. ^ Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-95-X.


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