| Jimmy Harrold | |
| Fullname: | James George William Harrold |
| Birth Date: | 16 March 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Poplar, England |
| Death Place: | Epsom, Surrey |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Centre half |
| Clubs1: | Custom House |
| Years2: | 1911 |
| Clubs2: | Huddersfield Town |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | West Ham United |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1913–1923 |
| Clubs4: | Leicester City |
| Caps4: | 206 |
| Goals4: | 7 |
| Years5: | 1923 |
| Clubs5: | Millwall |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 1925 |
| Clubs6: | Clapton Orient |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1913 |
| Nationalteam1: | England Amateurs |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
James George William Harrold (26 March 1892 – 7 October 1950) was an English amateur football centre half who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League for Leicester City.[2] [3] He won two England Amateur caps.[4] He also played cricket and made 11 first-class appearances for Essex between 1923 and 1928.[5]
In March 1917, during the First World War, Harrold enlisted as an air mechanic in the Royal Naval Air Service and was assigned to HMS Daedalus.[6] He later transferred to the RAF Reserve and was discharged in April 1920.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Leicester City | 1912–13[7] | Second Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1913–14 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |||
| 1914–15 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | |||
| 1919–20 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 1920–21 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
| 1921–22 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| 1922–23 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 206 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 218 | 7 | |||
| Millwall | 1923–24[8] | Third Division South | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Career total | 208 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 220 | 8 | |||