Jimmy Belcher
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Alfred Belcher[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 October 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Stepney, England | ||
| Date of death | October 2023 (aged 90–91) | ||
| Place of death | Barking, England | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leyton Orient | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1951 | Leyton Orient | 0 | (0) |
| 1951–1952 | Snowdown Colliery Welfare | ||
| 1952–1954 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 1954–1958 | Crystal Palace | 128 | (22) |
| 1958–1961 | Ipswich Town | 27 | (0) |
| 1961–1962 | Brentford | 30 | (1) |
| 1962–1963 | Margate | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 185 | (23) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Alfred Belcher (31 October 1932 – October 2023) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.[1]
Career
[edit]Born in Stepney, Belcher played for Leyton Orient, Snowdown Colliery Welfare, West Ham United, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Brentford and Margate.[2][3][4][5][6]
Personal life and death
[edit]As of November 2013, Belcher lived in Rainham, Kent.[4] He died in Barking, London in October 2023.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Crystal Palace | 1954–55[7] | Third Division South | 38 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 12 | ||
| 1955–56[7] | Third Division South | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 6 | |||
| 1956–57[7] | Third Division South | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 4 | |||
| 1957–58[7] | Third Division South | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 128 | 22 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 138 | 22 | ||||
| Ipswich Town | 1958–59[8] | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 1959–60[9] | Second Division | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Brentford | 1961–62[10] | Third Division | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | |
| Margate | 1962–63[4] | Southern League First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 185 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 206 | 23 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Ipswich Hospital Cup
- ^ 1 appearance in Southern League Cup, 1 appearance in Kent Floodlight Cup
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Jimmy Belcher". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ Jimmy Belcher at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ "Profile". Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Trice, Jeff (5 October 2007). "Jimmy Belcher". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "Appearances". Crystal Palace FC. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ Purkiss & Sands 1989, p. 316.
- ^ a b c d Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1989). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. pp. 202–209. ISBN 0907969542.
- ^ "Games played by Jim Belcher in 1958–59". Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Jim Belcher in 1959–60". Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 386. ISBN 0951526200.
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Categories:
- 1932 births
- 2023 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Margate F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football wing halves
- Footballers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- People from Stepney
- Snowdown Colliery Welfare F.C. players
- English football midfielder, 1930s birth stubs