Jimmy Dickinson

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Jimmy Dickinson
Personnel
Surname James William Dickinson
birthday April 24, 1925
place of birth Alton ,  England
date of death November 9, 1982
Place of death Alton ,  England
position External rotor (left)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1946-1965 Portsmouth FC 764 (9)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1949-1956 England 48 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1977-1979 Portsmouth FC
1 Only league games are given.

James William "Jimmy" Dickinson (born April 24, 1925 in Alton , England ; † November 9, 1982 ibid) was an English football player and coach . He completed 845 games for Portsmouth FC and is a record international player for "Pompey" with 48 internationals .

Athletic career

Dickinson learned to play football at his home Alton Youth Club and was discovered by his math and physical education teacher Eddie Lever for Portsmouth FC, who later also became his coach there. After three years of military service in the British Royal Navy , he made his debut in the First Division in 1946 during the home game against the Blackburn Rovers .

He established himself there in the regular formation, played mostly on the left defensive or midfield position and won the English championship in his third year for Portsmouth. With Jack Froggatt and Jimmy Scoular he formed a very effective row on the half position. He then made his debut for England on May 18, 1949 in a 4-1 win over Norway in Oslo .

In the following year, Dickinson was able to defend the championship title with Portsmouth and was then for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil in the squad. He completed all three preliminary round matches against Chile , the USA and Spain and then dropped out of the competition. Four years later - he had played all three games against Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland in qualifying - he also played the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland , where his team was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Uruguay . Before the 1954 World Cup tournament in Switzerland, he was also a member of the English team, which played on November 25, 1953 at home in Wembley Stadium against the men around Ferenc Puskás and Nándor Hidegkuti with 3: 6 goals and on May 23, 1954 in Budapest in the second leg even with 1: 7 goals which lost two international matches against Hungary.

At the time when Dickinson played his last international match - on December 15, 1956, he was in the World Cup qualifier for the 1958 World Cup in Sweden against Denmark, the remaining qualifying matches were played by the young Duncan Edwards - the club went through a sporting game in 1956 Descent, which in 1959 resulted in relegation to the Second Division . After another year in which the class could barely be held, Dickinson rose with Portsmouth in 1961 even in the Third Division . After the direct resurgence, Dickinson ended his career as a football player after the end of the 1964/65 season at the age of 40 and after a close relegation against Northampton Town (with a 1-1 in the last game).

After football

After he was then active in public relations at Portsmouth FC and had held other club functions, he was coach of the club in May 1977, which now played again in the third division. There he was able to secure the class with only one point gap, which he did not succeed in the following season 1977/78. Only a year later he was replaced by Frank Burrows after Dickinson began to have health problems related to the stress during his coaching work.

After three heart attacks , Dickinson died in 1982 at the age of 57. In his honor, the Portsmouth Club song ( Pompey Chimes ) was played during the funeral service at St. Mary's Church .

Others

  • Because of his services to English football, Dickinson was awarded the Order of the British Empire as an MBE in 1964.
  • Dickinson never received a warning throughout his career, earning him the nickname Gentleman Jim .
  • He was the record holder for most games for a single English professional club until 1980, when John Trollope of Swindon Town surpassed him in this category.

successes

  • English champion: 1949, 1950

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personal data
SURNAME Dickinson, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dickinson, James William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player and soccer coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Alton
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1982
Place of death Alton