Jimmy Todd

Jimmy Todd
Personal information
Full name James Todd[1]
Date of birth (1921-03-19)19 March 1921[1]
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland[1]
Date of death 21 December 2007(2007-12-21) (aged 86)
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England
Playing position Half-back
Youth career
Ards
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1944–1946 Blackpool
1946–1953 Port Vale 146 (0)
Wellington Town
Stafford Rangers
Total 146+ (0+)
National team
1946–1947 Ireland (Victory) 2 (0)

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

† Appearances (goals)

James "Jimmy" Todd (19 March 1921 – 21 December 2007) was a footballer from Northern Ireland who played for Port Vale between 1946 and 1953. A half-back, he was "a real terrier type who used to fight for the ball all the time".[2]

Playing career

Todd began his playing career with Ards, before playing for the Royal Air Force and then Blackpool, before moving to Port Vale for a then-club-record four-figure fee in October 1946, on the recommendation of Stanley Matthews.[1] He made 31 appearances in the Third Division South in 1946–47, 24 appearances in 1947–48, and 11 appearances in 1948–49.[1] Having slipped out of the first team picture at The Old Recreation Ground, he returned to play 41 games in 1949–50.[1] However he played only eight games in 1950–51, becoming a fringe player at newly constructed Vale Park.[1] In the summer, manager Gordon Hodgson died, and following Ivor Powell's brief tenure, Freddie Steele took charge of the club in November.[1] Todd played 25 times in 1951–52, and then made 11 league appearances in 1952–53, as Vale finished as runners-up in the Third Division North.[1] Having played 146 league and eleven FA Cup games for the "Valiants", he was given a free transfer to Cheshire County League side Wellington Town in May 1953.[1] Todd later played for Stafford Rangers.[1]

Honours

with Port Vale

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 291. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ "Jim Todd". nifootball.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
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