Jim Holton
| Jim Holton | ||
 Dusan Bajevic (Yugoslavia-left)
and James Holton (Scotland) 1974 |
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| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | James Allan Holton | |
| birthday | April 11, 1951 | |
| place of birth | Lesmahagow , South Lanarkshire , Scotland | |
| date of death | 4th October 1993 | |
| Place of death | Warwick , Warwickshire , England | |
| position | Defense | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Celtic Glasgow | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1968-1971 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 (0) |
| 1971-1973 | Shrewsbury Town | 67 (4) |
| 1973-1976 | Manchester United | 63 (5) |
| 1976 | Miami Toros | 16 (1) |
| 1976-1977 | Sunderland AFC | 15 (0) |
| 1977-1980 | Coventry City | 91 (0) |
| 1980 | Detroit Express | 21 (3) |
| 1981-1982 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1973-1974 | Scotland | 15 (2) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
James Allan "Jim" Holton (born April 11, 1951 in Lesmahagow , South Lanarkshire , Scotland , † October 4, 1993 in Warwick , Warwickshire , England ) was a Scottish football player on the position of a defender .
Life
The then 17-year-old Holton received his first professional contract at West Bromwich Albion , where he was under contract for three years, but was never used. In 1971 he moved to Shrewsbury Town , where he made his breakthrough.
Two years later he was signed by Manchester United and experienced in his first season 1973/74 with the Red Devils one of the blackest hours in club history, when the glorious club suffered relegation to the second division . In December 1974, Holton suffered a broken leg that forced him to take a long break from playing. It was just the beginning of a series of injuries that Holton would keep set back over the next few years. After another broken leg, still in the service of Manchester United, he thought of a new start with another employer and moved first to the Miami Toros in 1976 and soon afterwards to Sunderland , where he only played briefly before joining Coventry City had a longer stay again. But the bad luck with injuries stuck with him and burdened him so much that he was no longer used at his last employer, Sheffield Wednesday . Holton died of a heart attack at the age of 42 .
Before his first leg break in December 1974, Holton completed a total of 15 international matches for the Scottish national team . The highlight of his career in the national team was participation in the 1974 World Cup , where he played all of the Bravehearts' preliminary rounds .
Web links
- Jim Holton in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Jim Holton in the Scottish FA database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary: Jim Holton (English; article from October 6, 1993)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holton, Jim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holton, James Allan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lesmahagow , South Lanarkshire , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th October 1993 |
| Place of death | Warwick , Warwickshire , England |