| James Maxwell | |
| Fullname: | James Morton Maxwell |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1887 |
| Birth Place: | New Cumnock, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Istabulat, Iraq |
| Position: | Outside right |
| Youthclubs1: | Kilmarnock Shawbank |
| Youthclubs2: | Petershill Juniors |
| Years1: | 1904 |
| Clubs1: | Newcastle United |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1904–1907 |
| Clubs2: | Kilmarnock |
| Caps2: | 50 |
| Goals2: | 13 |
| Years3: | 1907–1908 |
| Clubs3: | The Wednesday |
| Caps3: | 27 |
| Goals3: | 6 |
| Years4: | 1908–1909 |
| Clubs4: | Woolwich Arsenal |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1909–???? |
| Clubs5: | Hurlford |
| Years6: | –1910 |
| Clubs6: | Galston |
| Years7: | 1910–1911 |
| Clubs7: | Carlisle United |
| Years8: | 1911–1912 |
| Clubs8: | Lanemark |
| Years9: | 1912–1916 |
| Clubs9: | Kilmarnock |
| Caps9: | 15 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Years10: | 1913–1914 |
| Clubs10: | → Nithsdale Wanderers (loan) |
| Nationalyears1: | 1907 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
James Morton Maxwell (26 July 1887 – 21 April 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock as an outside right.[1] [2] He also played in the Football League for The Wednesday and Woolwich Arsenal.[3] [4] [5] He made one appearance for the Scottish League XI.[6]
Maxwell was married with two children,[7] one of whom, his son of the same name, nicknamed 'Bud', also became a footballer.[8] Maxwell served as a lance corporal in the Seaforth Highlanders during the First World War and died of wounds suffered during the Battle of Istabulat on 21 April 1917.[9] [10] He is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. His elder brother Thomas was killed in Pas-de-Calais, France in 1918.
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Kilmarnock | 1904–05 | Scottish First Division | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |
| 1905–06 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |||
| 1906–07 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6 | |||
| Total | 50 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 57 | 15 | |||
| The Wednesday | 1906–07[11] | First Division | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| 1907–08 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | |||
| Total | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | |||
| Woolwich Arsenal | 1908–09[12] | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kilmarnock | 1912–13[13] | Scottish First Division | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |
| Total | 55 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 65 | 18 | |||
| Career total | 84 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 94 | 24 | |||