James Bulloch | |
Fullname: | James Stewart Bulloch |
Birth Date: | 23 October 1909 |
Birth Place: | Craigneuk, Scotland |
Death Place: | Lübeck, Germany |
Height: | 5ft 8in[1] |
Position: | Left back |
Clubs1: | Law Scotia |
Years2: | 1928 |
Clubs2: | → Albion Rovers (trial) |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1929–1938 |
Clubs3: | Hamilton Academical |
Caps3: | 231 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Years4: | 1938 |
Clubs4: | Morton |
Caps4: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1938–1942 |
Clubs5: | Alloa Athletic |
Caps5: | 34 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1940–1941 |
Clubs6: | → Dumbarton (guest)[2] |
Caps6: | 0 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 265 |
Totalgoals: | 2 |
James Stewart Bulloch (23 October 1909 – 27 April 1992) was a Scottish footballer who played for Hamilton Academical, Alloa Athletic and Dumbarton, mainly at left back.[3] [4] He captained Hamilton in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final which they lost 2–1 to Rangers,[5] then won promotion from the second tier in 1938–39 with Alloa after being recruited by former Accies teammate Jimmy McStay who had taken over as manager.[1] Bulloch served in the Lothians and Border Horse regiment during World War II, and moved to Germany to coach football after the war ended.[1] Bulloch was in 1948 and 1949 coach in the Netherlands at AGOVV winning the Eerste klasse oost and was third in Dutch championship 1948/49.[6] [7]