Jimmy Moreton

Jimmy Moreton
Moreton in 1921
Moreton in 1921[1]
Personal information
Date of birth (1891-09-22)22 September 1891
Date of death August 1942(1942-08-00) (aged 50)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
????–1910 Cammell Laird
1910–1926 Tranmere Rovers 148 (12)
Managerial career
1939–1942 Tranmere Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jimmy J. Moreton (22 September 1891 – August 1942) was an English football player and manager.[3][4] He joined Tranmere Rovers from Cammell Laird in July 1910.[4] 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.[4]

Upon retirement, aged 37, Moreton became trainer alongside manager Bert Cooke,[4] before taking over as manager himself, from 1939, during World War II.[5][6] He died in 1942,[1] and was succeeded by another former player, Bill Ridding.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Bishop, Peter (1 November 1998). Tranmere Rovers Football Club. Images of England. Stroud, U.K.: Tempus. ISBN 978-0-7524-1505-5.
  2. ^ "Optimists of the North. Tranmere Rovers". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.
  3. ^ Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1891–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.
  4. ^ a b c d e Bishop, Peter (1990). "Moreton, Jimmy". The A–Z of Tranmere Rovers. Ellesmere Port: Chester IV Graphics. p. 30. ASIN B0011SRSOG.
  5. ^ "Tranmere Rovers Managers Since 1912". Tranmere Rovers official website. 12 May 2010. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  6. ^ "History". TheCowsheds.co.uk. 19 August 2010. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.


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