Jim Cannon (footballer, born 1927), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jim Cannon (footballer, born 1927)

British association football player

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1927

Place of Birth: Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1991

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jim Cannon (footballer, born 1927)

  • James Cannon (19 March 1927 – 26 January 1991) was a Scottish footballer who made 99 appearances in the Scottish Football League for Dunfermline Athletic, with whom he played on the losing side in the 1949 Scottish League Cup Final, St Johnstone and Albion Rovers, and 12 appearances in the English Football League for Darlington.
  • An inside forward, he began his career with Blantyre Victoria, and also played for English Southern League club Kettering Town, for whom he scored five times from 21 appearances in all competitions.Dunfermline teammate Willie McSeveney described him as "one of the cleverest footballers that I have ever seen in my life.
  • He was the guy who invented dummies, he let the ball go through his legs, things like that."

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