James Bye (footballer)

James Bye
Personal information
Full name James Henry Bye
Date of birth February 1920
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Date of death June 1995 (1995-07) (aged 75)
Place of death Blackpool, England
Playing position Right half
Youth career
– Shirley Juniors
1937 Birmingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1937–1944 Birmingham 4[lower-alpha 1] (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

James Henry Bye (February 1920 – June 1995) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham.[1] He played as a right half.

Bye was born in the Aston district of Birmingham. He played for Shirley Juniors before joining Birmingham in May 1937, turning professional later that year.[2] He made his debut in the First Division on 28 January 1939 in a 5–0 defeat at Preston North End,[3] and played in the first three games of the 1939–40 season, which was then abandoned when the Second World War started.[4] He played a total of 36 games for Birmingham in the wartime competitions,[5] and also made guest appearances for Nottingham Forest and West Bromwich Albion, while serving in the Army, but retired from the game in 1944.[2] He died in Blackpool in 1995.

Notes

  1. ↑ Figure includes three games from the abandoned 1939–40 season.

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 45. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. ↑ Matthews, p. 181.
  4. ↑ Matthews, p. 236.
  5. ↑ Matthews, pp. 236–38.
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