James Collins Explained

James, Jim, Jimmy, or Jamie Collins may refer to:

Sports

Association football

• Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1900), Scottish footballer
• Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1895), Scottish footballer
• Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1903) (1903–1977), English footballer who played for West Ham United
• Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1983), English footballer
• Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1923), Irish goalkeeper during the 1940s and 1950s
• Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2018), Scottish footballer
• Jamie Collins (footballer, born 1978), English footballer (Crewe Alexandra)
• James Collins (footballer, born 1983), Welsh international footballer (Cardiff City, Aston Villa, West Ham United, Ipswich Town)
• Jamie Collins (footballer, born 1984), English footballer (Eastleigh)
• James Collins (footballer, born 1990), Irish footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Swindon Town, Hibernian, Crawley Town, Luton Town)
• Jim Collins (footballer, born 1923) (1923–1996), footballer for Barrow and Chester City

Other football

• James Collins (rugby union) (born 1986), English rugby union player, currently playing for Worcester Warriors
• Jim Collins (American football coach) (born 1966), American college football coach and former player
• Jim Collins (Australian footballer) (1896–1990), Australian rules football
• Jim Collins (linebacker) (born 1958), American football linebacker and NFL Pro Bowler
• Jimmy Collins (American football) (born), American junior college football coach and former player

Baseball

• Jimmy Collins (1870–1943), American baseball player
• Ripper Collins (baseball) (James Anthony Collins, 1904–1970), baseball player

Basketball

• James Collins (basketball) (born 1973), NBA basketball player
• Jimmy Collins (basketball) (1946–2020), American basketball player and coach

Hockey

• Jim Collins (ice hockey) (born 1951), Canadian ice hockey player
• James Collins (field hockey), Australian field hockey player

Other sports

• Jim Collins (curler) (1921–1982), Canadian curler
• James Collins (nutritionist), sports nutritionist and author

Government and military

• James Collins (public servant) (1869–1934), Australian Secretary of the Department of the Treasury
• James Lawton Collins (1882–1963), U.S. Army general
• James Collins (Irish politician) (1900–1967), Irish politician and father of Gerard Collins
• James Francis Collins (1905–1989), U.S. Army general
• James M. Collins (1916–1989), U.S. Representative for the 3rd congressional district of Texas
• James Lawton Collins Jr. (1917–2002), U.S. Army general, military historian, and viticulturist
• James Franklin Collins (born 1939), U.S. diplomat and ambassador to Russia
• James Collins (Wisconsin and California politician) (1802–1864)

Science and commerce

• James L. Collins (1883–1953), Texas oil man and community philanthropist
• James T. Collins (born 1946), American linguist
• James E. Collins (born 1953), American veterinary physician
• James C. Collins (born 1958), American business consultant
• James Collins (bioengineer) (born 1965), American bioengineering professor
• James "Jim" Collins, CEO of Corteva

Other people

• Jim Collins (singer) (born 1959), American country music singer-songwriter
• James Collins (songwriter), Canadian songwriter, actor and singer
• James Collins (priest) (1801–1868), Anglican priest in Ireland
• James Daniel Collins (1917–1985), American philosopher
• James Arthur Collins (Born 2015), Sydney Australia

See also

• Jamie Collins (disambiguation)