| Jimmy Adams | |
| Fullname: | James Arthur Adams |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Stoke-on-Trent, England |
| Death Place: | Stoke-on-Trent, England |
| Position: | Full-back |
| Youthclubs1: | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Years1: | 1956–1960 |
| Clubs1: | Port Vale |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1960–1961 |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1961–1963 |
| Clubs3: | Macclesfield Town |
| Caps3: | 46 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 46 |
| Totalgoals: | 0 |
James Arthur Adams (2 August 1937 – 30 December 2005) was an English footballer who played at full-back for Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra and Macclesfield Town from 1956 to 1963.
Adams spent his youth with Wolverhampton Wanderers, before he returned to his hometown of Stoke-on-Trent to sign for Freddie Steele's Port Vale in May 1956.[1] [2] There he was converted from a wing-half position to play at full-back.[2] His only appearance for the club came in a Third Division South clash at Brentford's Griffin Park on 26 April 1958, Vale losing 4–1.[1] He was released from Vale Park by manager Norman Low in May 1960 and later joined Crewe Alexandra.[1] He did not feature in a senior game for the "Railwaymen", and in February 1961 joined Macclesfield Town in the Cheshire County League.[2] He actually made his first-team debut for the "Silkmen" against Crewe Alexandra Reserves in a Cheshire Senior Cup match on 4 February.[2] He made 46 league and 12 cup appearances, before a re-occurrence of an old knee injury forced his retirement in October 1963. During his time at Macclesfield, he was employed as a draughtsman at ROF Radway Green at Radway Green.[2]
Source:[2]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Port Vale | 1957–58 | Third Division South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Macclesfield Town | 1961–63 | Cheshire County League | |||||||
| Total | 46 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 58 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 47 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 59 | 0 | |||