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| birth_date = 28 Jul 1889<ref name="saddlers.co.uk">{{cite web|title=Past Managers |url=http://www.saddlers.co.uk/page/PastManagers |work=saddlers.co.uk |accessdate=14 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601072237/http://www.saddlers.co.uk/page/PastManagers |archivedate= 1 June 2012 }}</ref>
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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9+1/2}}<ref>{{cite news |title=The lure of promotion. Fulham |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=13 August 1923 |page=6}}</ref>
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]<ref name="saddlers.co.uk" />
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Ashfield F.C.|Glasgow Ashfield]]
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'''Jimmy Torrance''' (28 July 1889 – 2 July 1949) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[association football|footballer]] and football manager. He played as a utility [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] for sixteen years, and also spent two seasons at [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]], including one season as manager.
'''James Torrance''' (28 July 1889 – 2 July 1949) was a Scottish [[association football|footballer]] and football manager. He played as a utility [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] for sixteen years, and also spent two seasons at [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]], including one season as manager.


==Biography==
==Career==
Joining [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] from [[Ashfield F.C.|Glasgow Ashfield]] in 1910, he spent sixteen years at the club, making a total of 355 appearances, scoring 35 goals.<ref name="saddlers.co.uk"/> A utility [[Forward (association football)|forward]], he played in four different attacking positions for the "Cottagers".<ref name="saddlers.co.uk"/> For almost the entirety of his time at [[Craven Cottage]], the club were in the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] and led by [[Phil Kelso]]. [[Andy Ducat]] was in charge from 1924 to 1926.
Joining [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] from [[Ashfield F.C.|Ashfield]] in 1910, he spent 16 years at the club, making a total of 355 league appearances, scoring 35 goals.<ref name="saddlers.co.uk" /> A utility [[Forward (association football)|forward]], he played in four different attacking positions for the "Cottagers".<ref name="saddlers.co.uk" /> For almost the entirety of his time at [[Craven Cottage]], the club were in the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] and led by [[Phil Kelso]]. [[Andy Ducat]] was in charge from 1924 to 1926.


He moved to [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]] in July 1926, and replaced [[David Ashworth]] as manager for the [[1927–28 Football League|1927–28]] campaign.<ref name="saddlers.co.uk"/> He masterminded a 7–0 win over [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] in the [[Football League Third Division South|Third Division South]], and signed [[David Fairhurst]] and [[Moses Lane]].<ref name="saddlers.co.uk"/> Torrance played forty league and cup games for "Saddlers", but the club only avoided applying for re-election by two points, and he left [[Fellows Park]] at the end of the season.<ref name="saddlers.co.uk"/> He later worked for a telephone company, and died of [[cancer]] in July 1949.<ref name="saddlers.co.uk"/>
He moved to [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]] in July 1926, and replaced [[David Ashworth]] as manager for the [[1927–28 Football League|1927–28]] campaign.<ref name="saddlers.co.uk" /> He masterminded a 7–0 win over [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] in the [[Football League Third Division South|Third Division South]], and signed [[David Fairhurst]] and [[Moses Lane]].<ref name="saddlers.co.uk" /> Torrance played forty league and cup games for "Saddlers", but the club only avoided applying for re-election by two points, and he left [[Fellows Park]] at the end of the season.<ref name="saddlers.co.uk" />

== Personal life ==
Torrance worked as a ships' [[boilermaker]] in [[Scotland]] during the [[First World War]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wlv.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/centre-for-historical-research/football-and-war-network/football-and-war-blog/2020/fulham-players-and-the-first-world-war/ |title=Fulham Players and the First World War – University of Wolverhampton |website=www.wlv.ac.uk |access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref> He later worked for a telephone company and died of [[cancer]] in July 1949.<ref name="saddlers.co.uk" />


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Latest revision as of 19:23, 8 July 2023

Jimmy Torrance
Personal information
Full name James Torrance
Date of birth 28 July 1889[1]
Place of birth Coatbridge, Scotland[1]
Date of death 2 July 1949(1949-07-02) (aged 59)[1]
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ashfield
1910–1926 Fulham 335 (35)
1926–1927 Walsall 40
Total 375 (35)
Managerial career
1927–1928 Walsall
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Torrance (28 July 1889 – 2 July 1949) was a Scottish footballer and football manager. He played as a utility forward for Fulham for sixteen years, and also spent two seasons at Walsall, including one season as manager.

Career[edit]

Joining Fulham from Ashfield in 1910, he spent 16 years at the club, making a total of 355 league appearances, scoring 35 goals.[1] A utility forward, he played in four different attacking positions for the "Cottagers".[1] For almost the entirety of his time at Craven Cottage, the club were in the Second Division and led by Phil Kelso. Andy Ducat was in charge from 1924 to 1926.

He moved to Walsall in July 1926, and replaced David Ashworth as manager for the 1927–28 campaign.[1] He masterminded a 7–0 win over Coventry City in the Third Division South, and signed David Fairhurst and Moses Lane.[1] Torrance played forty league and cup games for "Saddlers", but the club only avoided applying for re-election by two points, and he left Fellows Park at the end of the season.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Torrance worked as a ships' boilermaker in Scotland during the First World War.[3] He later worked for a telephone company and died of cancer in July 1949.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Past Managers". saddlers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  2. ^ "The lure of promotion. Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Fulham Players and the First World War – University of Wolverhampton". www.wlv.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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