Jim Pearce | |
Full Name: | James Pearce[1] |
Height: | 5 ft 11 in[2] |
Position: | Centre half |
Birth Date: | 13 September 1909 |
Birth Place: | Chirk, Wales |
Clubs1: | Chirk |
Clubs2: | Royal Tank Corps |
Years3: | 1932–1934 |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1934–1939 |
Caps4: | 148 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Years5: | 1939 |
Caps5: | 3 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1946–19?? |
Caps6: | 0 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 19?? |
Nationalteam1: | Wales Amateur |
James Pearce (13 September 1909 – 1986) was a Welsh footballer who played as a centre half. He made over 150 Football League appearances in the years before the Second World War.[3]
Pearce played locally for Chirk and for the Royal Tank Corps in the Army, and was on the books of Wrexham on amateur terms. Bob Hewison signed Pearce in August 1934 for Bristol City.[4] [5] Pearce joined Rochdale in May 1939. Pearce represented the Army during wartime service in Greece and the Middle East.[4] In 1946 he joined Cardiff City without making a return to first-team football.[3]