Jim Spedding | |
Fullname: | John James Spedding |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1912 |
Birth Place: | Keighley, England |
Death Place: | Connah's Quay, Wales |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in[1] |
Position: | Right half |
Clubs1: | Rosehill Villa |
Years2: | 1933–1936 |
Clubs2: | Gateshead |
Caps2: | 88 |
Goals2: | 14 |
Years3: | 1936–1937 |
Clubs3: | Huddersfield Town |
Caps3: | 4 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1937–1939 |
Clubs4: | Chesterfield |
Caps4: | 19 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1939 |
Clubs5: | Darlington |
Clubs6: | Worksop Town |
John James Spedding (1 October 1912 – December 1982) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a right half for Gateshead, Huddersfield Town and Chesterfield. He also played three games, scoring once, for Darlington before the 1939–40 season was abandoned because of the Second World War.[2] He was born in Keighley, Yorkshire, and died in Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales.[3]
He was married in 1945 to Hilda Swain (1917-2008) and lived in Cheshire until his death in 1982. They had four daughters.