Jimmy Hugall

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Jimmy Hugall
Personal information
Full name James Cockburn Hugall[1]
Date of birth (1889-04-26)26 April 1889
Place of birth Whitburn, England
Date of death 23 September 1927(1927-09-23) (aged 38)[2]
Place of death Sunderland, England[3]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[4]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1907 Rectory Park Villa
1907– Sunderland Co-operative Wednesday
Sunderland Royal Rovers
1908–1910 Whitburn
1910–1922 Clapton Orient 140 (0)
1918Leeds City (guest) 1 (0)
1918–1919Sunderland (guest) 5 (0)
1922–1923 Hamilton Academical 17 (0)
1923–1924 Durham City 35 (0)
Seaham Colliery
Sunderland Co-operative Wednesday
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Cockburn Hugall (26 April 1889 – 23 September 1927) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his 12 years in the Football League with Clapton Orient.[1] A goalkeeper, he also played league football for Durham City and Hamilton Academical.[1][3][5]

Personal life[edit]

Hugall served as a corporal in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and was commissioned as a lieutenant into the 12th (Service) Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry on 24 July 1916.[6] During the course of his service, he was wounded in both legs, the left eye and the left shoulder.[2][7] At the time of Hugall's death after an operation in September 1927, he was the manager the George & Dragon hotel in Sunderland.[2]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clapton Orient 1914–15[8] Second Division 31 0 1 0 32 0
Hamilton Academical 1922–23[9] Scottish First Division 17 0 0 0 1[a] 0 18 0
Career total 48 0 1 0 1 0 50 0
  1. ^ Appearance in Lanarkshire Express Cup

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 146. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c "Our Her-O's: Part three of Orient's WW1 Heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Hugall, Jimmy (1922)". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Clapton Orient". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Hugall Jimmy Clapton Orient 1920". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  6. ^ "James Cockburn Hugall | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Players – Jimmy Hugall 1918". The Definitive History of Leeds United. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  9. ^ "1922–23". docs.google.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.