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Jimmy Kirk (footballer, born 1913)

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Jimmy Kirk
Personal information
Full name James McEwan Kirk
Date of birth 4 November 1913
Place of birth Wishaw, Scotland
Date of death 1963(1963-00-00) (aged 49–50)
Place of death Dennistoun, Scotland
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Blantyre Victoria
1934–1945 Clyde 127 (2)
International career
1940 Scotland (wartime) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James McEwan Kirk (4 November 1913 – 1963) was a Scottish footballer who played for Clyde as a right back.[1][2] He won the Scottish Cup with the club in 1939[3] after suffering disappointment when the team fell at the semi-final stage in both 1936 and 1937.[4] In 2018, Kirk's winner's medal reached a price of £1,600 at auction.[5]

His career was curtailed by World War II, during which he was selected for Scotland in an unofficial international against a League of Ireland XI in April 1940.[6]

References

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  1. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "1939 Scottish Cup Final Programme Clyde V Motherwell (scanned page images)". 22 April 1939. Retrieved 3 June 2020 – via Football Programme Centre.
  3. ^ Scottish Cup final: 80th anniversary for Clyde side that held the trophy longest, BBC Sport, 27 May 2019
  4. ^ "Peace and War - Shawfield - 1920-1945". Clyde F.C. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. ^ Big price for Bully Wee medal, McTear's Auctioneers, 8 June 2018
  6. ^ Irish XI v Scottish XI, 28 April 1940, 11v11.com