James Lofthouse Explained

James Lofthouse
Fullname:	James Lofthouse
Birth Date:	24 March 1894
Birth Place:	St Helens, England
Death Place:	Windsor, England^[1]
Height:	^[2]
Position:	Outside left
Clubs1:	Windmill Villa
Clubs2:	Cabbage Hall
Clubs3:	Parr Rovers
Years4:	–1913
Years5:	1913
Years6:	1913–1920
Years7:	1920–1923
Years8:	1923
Years9:	1923–1926
Years10:	1926–1928
Years11:	1928–1930
Years12:	1934
Clubs4:	St Helens Recreation
Clubs5:	Stalybridge Celtic
Clubs6:	Reading
Clubs7:	The Wednesday
Clubs8:	Rotherham County
Clubs9:	Bristol Rovers
Clubs10:	Queens Park Rangers
Clubs11:	Aldershot
Clubs12:	GPO (Reading)
Caps7:	95
Caps8:	26
Caps9:	105
Caps10:	80
Caps11:	81
Goals7:	13
Goals8:	7
Goals9:	16
Goals10:	27
Goals11:	27

James Lofthouse (24 March 1894 – 1954) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for The Wednesday, Rotherham County, Bristol Rovers and Queens Park Rangers.^{[3] [4]}

Personal life

In early life, Lofthouse worked as a sand wheeler. He served as a sergeant in the Royal Berkshire Regiment and the Labour Corps during the First World War.^{[5] [6]} Lofthouse later worked as a steward at the Tilehurst Constitutional Club, as a postman and as a pub landlord in Aldershot.

Career statistics

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Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
The Wednesday	1920–21^[7]	Second Division	36	3	2	0	—		38	3
	1921–22		42	8	1	0	—		43	8
	1922–23		17	2	0	0	—		17	2
	Total		95	13	3	0	—		98	13
Queens Park Rangers	1926–27^[8]	Third Division South	42	14	—		2^[9]	1	44	15
	1927–28^[10]		38	13	1	0	0	0	39	13
	Total		80	27	1	0	2	1	83	28
Career total			175	40	4	0	2	1	181	41

1. Web site: K and L . 23 September 2023 . The Bristol Rovers History Group . en.
2. News: 6 August 1923 . Optimists of the North. Rotherham County . 6 . Athletic News . Manchester.
3. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 978-1905891610 . Nottingham . 177.
4. Web site: Lofthouse Jimmy Reading 1919 . 15 July 2019 . Vintage Footballers . en-GB.
5. Web site: Reading Club History History Our World War One heroes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111217081113/http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page%2FHistory%2F0%2C%2C10306~2220780%2C00.html . 17 December 2011 . 15 July 2019.
6. Web site: The Labour Battalions – Royal Berkshire Regiment . 25 April 2020 . 9.
7. Web site: Jimmy Lofthouse . 15 July 2019 . www.adrianbullock.com.
8. Web site: Seasonal Stats – Files – 1926–27 . 15 July 2019 . QPRnet.
9. Appearances in London Challenge Cup
10. Web site: Seasonal Stats – Files – 1927–28 . 15 July 2019 . QPRnet.