| Jimmy Gordon | |
| Height: | 5 ft 6+1/2 in[1] |
| Birth Date: | 23 October 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Fauldhouse, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Derby, England |
| Position: | Wing half |
| Years1: | 1931–1935 |
| Clubs1: | Wishaw Juniors |
| Years2: | 1935–1945 |
| Clubs2: | Newcastle United |
| Caps2: | 144 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 1945–1954 |
| Clubs3: | Middlesbrough |
| Caps3: | 253 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Totalcaps: | 402 |
| Totalgoals: | 7 |
| Managerclubs1: | Derby County (caretaker) |
| Manageryears1: | 1973 |
James Gordon (23 October 1915 – 29 August 1996) was a Scottish football player and coach. A native of Fauldhouse, West Lothian, Gordon played for Newcastle United and Middlesbrough as a wing-half. He later worked as a coach under Brian Clough and Peter Taylor at Derby County and Nottingham Forest, and was assistant manager to Clough during his 44-day reign at Leeds United.[2] In honour of his contribution, Gordon was allowed to lead out the Forest players at Wembley for the 1980 Football League Cup Final.[3]
Gordon retired as a football coach in May 1981.
He was portrayed by Maurice Roëves in the 2009 film The Damned United, which focuses on Clough's management of Derby and Leeds.[4]