| James Brannick | |
| Fullname: | James Brannick[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Manchester, England |
| Death Date: | 10 August |
| Death Place: | Westhoek, Belgium |
| Position: | Inside right |
| Years1: | –1912 |
| Clubs1: | Atherton |
| Years2: | 1912–1914 |
| Clubs2: | Everton |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 1914–1915 |
| Clubs3: | St Mirren |
| Caps3: | 38 |
| Goals3: | 10 |
| Years4: | 1915–1916 |
| Clubs4: | Rochdale |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
James Brannick (1889 – 10 August 1917) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside right in the Scottish League for St Mirren and in the Football League for Everton.[2]
Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Brannick worked as a dyer's finisher in a bleaching and dying works.[3] After the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Brannick enlisted as a private in the Lancashire Fusiliers in Cheetham.[4] His elder brother Richard was killed near Ypres in October 1915. Brannick was killed during the capture of Westhoek on 10 August 1917 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate.
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Everton | 1912–13[5] | First Division | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| St Mirren | 1914–15[6] | Scottish First Division | 36 | 10 | — | 36 | 10 | ||
| 1915–16 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 10 | — | 38 | 10 | ||||
| Career total | 41 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12 | |||