Jimmy McInnes explained

Jimmy McInnes
Fullname:James Sloan McInnes
Position:Left half
Birth Date:17 February 1912
Birth Place:Kilwinning, Scotland
Death Place:Liverpool, England
Years1:
Clubs1:Ardeer Recreation
Years2:1935–1938
Clubs2:Third Lanark
Caps2:103
Goals2:7
Years3:1938–1946
Clubs3:Liverpool
Caps3:45
Goals3:1
Years4:
Totalcaps:148
Totalgoals:8

James Sloan McInnes (17 February 1912 – 5 May 1965) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half for Liverpool in the English Football League.

Born in Ayrshire, McInnes started his senior career at Third Lanark, winning the 1934–35 Scottish Division Two title and playing on the losing side in the 1936 Scottish Cup Final[1] before he moved to England to play for Liverpool in March 1938.[2] He made 11 appearances at the end of the 1937–38 season, appeared 34 times the following season, and played three times in the 1939–40 season which was suspended following the outbreak of the Second World War. He never played an official competitive match for the club again and retired in 1946 joining the club's administrative staff.

McInnes killed himself at Liverpool's home ground, Anfield, in 1965. He had become overwhelmed at the size of the job that he faced as the club grew in stature, and hanged himself from a beam at the rear of the Spion Kop.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5FVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KTQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3950%2C2937061 Rangers Retain Scottish Cup
  2. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  3. Web site: Jimmy McInnes . LFC History . 28 March 2012 .