| James Bellingham | |
| Fullname: | James Bellingham |
| Birth Date: | 9 April 1877 |
| Birth Place: | Falkirk, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Harrow, England[1] |
| Position: | Centre half |
| Youthclubs1: | Falkirk Excelsior |
| Youthclubs2: | Falkirk Hawthorne |
| Youthclubs3: | Woodbine Rovers |
| Years1: | 1898–1900 |
| Clubs1: | Falkirk |
| Caps1: | 12 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 1900–1901 |
| Clubs2: | Queens Park Rangers |
| Caps2: | 15 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1901–1903 |
| Clubs3: | Grimsby Town |
| Caps3: | 4 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1903–1905 |
| Clubs4: | Brentford |
| Caps4: | 38 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 1905 |
| Clubs5: | Willesden Town |
| Years6: | 1905–1906 |
| Clubs6: | Brentford |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1906–1914 |
| Clubs7: | Tunbridge Wells Rangers |
James Bellingham (9 April 1877 – 1 October 1955) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[2] [3] [4] During his second spell with Southern League club Brentford, he took on the role of the club's secretary while secretary-manager Dick Molyneux was ill.[5]
Bellingham was the cousin of fellow Falkirk footballer Thomas Bellingham.[6] At the time of the 1901 United Kingdom census, Bellingham was a lodger at an address in Willesden along with Queens Park Rangers teammate Sandy Newbigging.[7]
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1900–01[8] | Southern League First Division | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Brentford | 1903–04 | Southern League First Division | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 1904–05 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |||
| Brentford | 1905–06 | Southern League First Division | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 42 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 57 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 64 | 1 | |||