Jimmy Croal
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Anderson Croal[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1885-07-27)27 July 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Hutchesontown, Scotland[2] | ||
Date of death | 16 September 1939(1939-09-16) (aged 54)[3] | ||
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]
Career
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]
Personal life
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]
Honours
Falkirk
- Scottish Cup: 1912–13[4]
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 70. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c "Jimmy Croal". Rangers FC History.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b c d e f "Jimmy Croal | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ a b c Unknown (1915). Cup Final Programme.
- ^ Jimmy Croal at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02889/Telegraph1914_2404_2889430a.pdf
- ^ Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. p. 401. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
- ^ "James Croal". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Croal Jimmy Image 1 Chelsea 1921". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
External links
- Jimmy Croal at the Scottish Football Association
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