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English footballer

Jimmy Crabtree
Personal information
Full name James Joseph Crabtree
Date of birth 15 February 1895
Place of birth Clitheroe, England
Date of death 4 December 1965(1965-12-04) (aged 69)
Place of death Clitheroe, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911–1912 Stonyhurst College
1912–1913 Clitheroe Amateurs
1913–1919 Blackburn Rovers 12 (0)
→ Preston North End (guest)
1921–1923 Rochdale 58 (2)
1923–1924 Accrington Stanley 7 (0)
1929 Colne Town
International career
1914 England Amateurs 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Joseph Crabtree MC (15 February 1895 – 4 December 1965) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Rochdale, Blackburn Rovers and Accrington Stanley. He was capped by England at amateur level and played one Football League match as an inside forward for Rochdale, for whom he scored two goals. Crabtree later served as a linesman in the Football League and as a referee in the Lancashire Combination.

Personal life

Crabtree attended Stonyhurst College. On 5 September 1914, a month after the outbreak of the First World War, Crabtree enlisted as a private in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Just over a year later, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. Crabtree was wounded near Morval during the Battle of the Somme in September 1916 and saw further action at Arras and Passchendaele after his recovery. He won a Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty" on 26 September 1917. A month later, he was wounded for a second time and did not serve on the Western Front for the remainder of the war. After being promoted to captain, Crabtree was posted briefly to Central Asia before leaving the army.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rochdale 1921–22 Third Division North 34 0 1 0 2 0 37 0
1922–23 24 2 1 0 4 0 29 2
Career total 58 2 2 0 6 0 64 2
  1. 1 appearance in Lancashire Senior Cup, 1 appearance in Manchester Senior Cup
  2. Appearances in Lancashire Senior Cup

Honours

Blackburn Rovers

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 309. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Crabtree". BRFCS. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. "League clubs and their players for the coming season. Accrington Stanley". Athletic News. Manchester. 4 August 1924. p. 3.
  4. "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Crabtree Jimmy Rochdale 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  6. ^ "James Crabtree – Footballer and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  7. "No. 29348". The London Gazette. 2 November 1915. p. 10776.
  8. ^ Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.
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