Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Sim [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 4 December 1922||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 14 January 2000[1] | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Chippenham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward, left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1946 | St Roch's | ||
1946 | Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | ||
1946–1950 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 32 | (5) |
1950–1951 | Chippenham Town | ||
1951–1952 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | (0) |
1952–1955 | Chippenham Town | ||
Calne Town | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Sim (4 December 1922 – 14 January 2000), known as Jock, Jackie, or Johnny Sim, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre forward or left half in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion. [1]
Sim was born in Glasgow in 1922. [1] During the Second World War, he served abroad for five years. [3] Afterwards, he joined Kirkintilloch Rob Roy from another junior club, St Roch's, early in the 1946–47 season, [3] [4] scored freely, and within weeks was reportedly "in almost as great a demand as nylon stockings." [5] He signed for English club Brighton & Hove Albion on 24 October, [3] and scored on his Third Division South debut three weeks later. He had a run in the side in his first season, but injury disrupted his career: he was restricted to just 14 appearances in the next two seasons and none at all in 1949–50. [2]
Ahead of the following campaign, he signed for Chippenham Town, together with three Brighton teammates, Eric Lancelotte, Fred Leamon and Ken Davies. [6] In March 1951, as part of the Western League record transfer that took Rex Tilley to Plymouth Argyle, Sim returned to the Football League, [7] but he never played first-team football for Argyle and was soon back with Chippenham. [8] He stayed for three seasons, but turned down the terms offered for a fourth and was released. [9] He later played for Calne Town. [2]
Sim died in Chippenham in 2000 at the age of 77. [1]
Sim, Rob Roy's new centre, looks like filling the bill admirably.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Sim [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 4 December 1922||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 14 January 2000[1] | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Chippenham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward, left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1946 | St Roch's | ||
1946 | Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | ||
1946–1950 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 32 | (5) |
1950–1951 | Chippenham Town | ||
1951–1952 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | (0) |
1952–1955 | Chippenham Town | ||
Calne Town | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Sim (4 December 1922 – 14 January 2000), known as Jock, Jackie, or Johnny Sim, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre forward or left half in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion. [1]
Sim was born in Glasgow in 1922. [1] During the Second World War, he served abroad for five years. [3] Afterwards, he joined Kirkintilloch Rob Roy from another junior club, St Roch's, early in the 1946–47 season, [3] [4] scored freely, and within weeks was reportedly "in almost as great a demand as nylon stockings." [5] He signed for English club Brighton & Hove Albion on 24 October, [3] and scored on his Third Division South debut three weeks later. He had a run in the side in his first season, but injury disrupted his career: he was restricted to just 14 appearances in the next two seasons and none at all in 1949–50. [2]
Ahead of the following campaign, he signed for Chippenham Town, together with three Brighton teammates, Eric Lancelotte, Fred Leamon and Ken Davies. [6] In March 1951, as part of the Western League record transfer that took Rex Tilley to Plymouth Argyle, Sim returned to the Football League, [7] but he never played first-team football for Argyle and was soon back with Chippenham. [8] He stayed for three seasons, but turned down the terms offered for a fourth and was released. [9] He later played for Calne Town. [2]
Sim died in Chippenham in 2000 at the age of 77. [1]
Sim, Rob Roy's new centre, looks like filling the bill admirably.