Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Anderson Croal [1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 July 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Hutchesontown, Scotland [2] | ||
Date of death | 16 September 1939[3] | (aged 54)||
Place of death | Yeovil, England [4] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Youth career | |||
Falkirk Juniors | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1905–1910 | Rangers | 3 | (0) |
1906–1907 | → Ayr Parkhouse (loan) | 11 | (0) |
→ Alloa Athletic (loan) | |||
→ Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | |||
1910–1914 | Falkirk | 97 | (31) |
1914–1922 | Chelsea | 113 | (22) |
1919 | → Falkirk (guest) | 10 | (0) |
→ Dunfermline Athletic (guest) | |||
1921–1923 | Fulham | 36 | (6) |
International career | |||
1913–1914 | Scotland | 3 | (0) |
1913–1914 | Scottish League XI | 3 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Anderson Croal (27 July 1885 – 16 September 1939) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Falkirk, Rangers, Chelsea and Scotland. [2] He was judged to be a clever inside left who when paired with Bob McNeil was very effective. [5]
Croal was a lively inside left, who joined Rangers in 1905 from junior football. [4] However, he failed to make the breakthrough to the first team and went out on loan to Ayr Parkhouse, Alloa Athletic and Dunfermline Athletic, [3] before finally leaving Ibrox to sign for Falkirk for a £10 fee in November 1910. [4] At Brockville, his career blossomed, and he won the Scottish Cup in 1913, as well as three international caps for Scotland and five appearances for the Scottish League XI. [4] [6] Croal transferred to Chelsea from Falkirk in April 1914. [7] [5] Chelsea paid £2,000 for him and he remained at Stamford Bridge until 1922. He was a member of the Chelsea side that reached the 1915 FA Cup Final. [5] He made a total of 130 appearances for Chelsea, scoring a total of 26 goals. [8] Croal then spent two-and-a-half seasons with Fulham before retiring. [9]
Croal was a schoolmaster by profession. [2] In the summer of 1916, two years since the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. [10] By March 1918 he had risen to the rank of corporal and finished the war as an acting sergeant. [4] [10]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Anderson Croal [1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 July 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Hutchesontown, Scotland [2] | ||
Date of death | 16 September 1939[3] | (aged 54)||
Place of death | Yeovil, England [4] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Youth career | |||
Falkirk Juniors | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1905–1910 | Rangers | 3 | (0) |
1906–1907 | → Ayr Parkhouse (loan) | 11 | (0) |
→ Alloa Athletic (loan) | |||
→ Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | |||
1910–1914 | Falkirk | 97 | (31) |
1914–1922 | Chelsea | 113 | (22) |
1919 | → Falkirk (guest) | 10 | (0) |
→ Dunfermline Athletic (guest) | |||
1921–1923 | Fulham | 36 | (6) |
International career | |||
1913–1914 | Scotland | 3 | (0) |
1913–1914 | Scottish League XI | 3 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Anderson Croal (27 July 1885 – 16 September 1939) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Falkirk, Rangers, Chelsea and Scotland. [2] He was judged to be a clever inside left who when paired with Bob McNeil was very effective. [5]
Croal was a lively inside left, who joined Rangers in 1905 from junior football. [4] However, he failed to make the breakthrough to the first team and went out on loan to Ayr Parkhouse, Alloa Athletic and Dunfermline Athletic, [3] before finally leaving Ibrox to sign for Falkirk for a £10 fee in November 1910. [4] At Brockville, his career blossomed, and he won the Scottish Cup in 1913, as well as three international caps for Scotland and five appearances for the Scottish League XI. [4] [6] Croal transferred to Chelsea from Falkirk in April 1914. [7] [5] Chelsea paid £2,000 for him and he remained at Stamford Bridge until 1922. He was a member of the Chelsea side that reached the 1915 FA Cup Final. [5] He made a total of 130 appearances for Chelsea, scoring a total of 26 goals. [8] Croal then spent two-and-a-half seasons with Fulham before retiring. [9]
Croal was a schoolmaster by profession. [2] In the summer of 1916, two years since the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. [10] By March 1918 he had risen to the rank of corporal and finished the war as an acting sergeant. [4] [10]
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