Jimmy Townley

Jimmy Townley
Personal information
Full name James Chadwick Townley
Date of birth (1902-05-02)2 May 1902
Place of birth Blackburn, England
Date of death 3.2.1983
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
SC Victoria Hamburg
St. Gallen
1927 Tottenham Hotspur 3 (2)
1928 Brighton & Hove Albion 9 (0)
1929–1930 Clapton Orient 19 (2)
Managerial career
1945–1949 St. Gallen
1949–1950 FC Thun
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Chadwick Townley (2 May 1902 – 1983) was an English professional footballer who played SC Victoria Hamburg, FC St. Gallen, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton & Hove Albion and Clapton Orient.[1]

Career

Townley played for the German team SC Victoria Hamburg which was then coached by his father, William Townley,[2] before both of them joined Swiss club FC St. Gallen in 1923.

In 1924 Townley had an unsuccessful trial with Chelsea. The outside left then signed for Tottenham Hotspur in 1927 where he participated in three matches and found the back of the net twice.[3] Scoring on his Lilywhites debut in a 3–1 defeat to Everton at White Hart Lane in October 1927 in the old First Division.[4]

He left London to play for Brighton & Hove Albion and to feature in a further nine matches.

In 1929 he joined Clapton Orient where he made 19 appearances and scored two goals. He left Clapton Orient in 1930 to resume his career in Switzerland.

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. soccerdata. p. 264. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
  2. ^ Kampf. Illustrierte sächsische Sportwochenschrift, No. 8, February 1921, p. 15. The all-sports magazine introduces them as father and son who were joining Victoria if conditions could be agreed upon. Both did take residence in Hamburg later that same year.
  3. ^ Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players Retrieved 3 December 2012 Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Tottenham Football/ Premier League debut scorers".