Jimmy Gabriel

Jimmy Gabriel
Personnel
Surname	James Gabriel
birthday	October 10, 1940
place of birth	Dundee ,  Scotland
date of death	July 10, 2021
Place of death	Phoenix ,  USA
size	178 cm
position	defensive midfielder
Juniors
Years	station
	Tyneside Boys Club
	Dundee North End
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1957-1960	Dundee United	55 0(0)
1960-1967	Everton FC	256 (33)
1967-1972	Southampton FC	191 (25)
1972-1973	Bournemouth AFC	53 0(4)
1973	Swindon Town	6 0(0)
1974	Brentford FC	9 0(0)
1974-1979	Seattle Sounders	53 0(7)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1960-1963	Scotland	2 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1977-1979	Seattle Sounders
1980-1982	San Jose Earthquakes
1990	Everton FC
1993-1994	Everton FC
1 Only league games are given.

James Gabriel (born October 10, 1940 in Dundee , † July 10, 2021 in Phoenix (Arizona) ) was a Scottish football player and football coach.

Player career

Gabriel began his active career with the Tyneside Boys Club and Dundee North End. In 1957 he came to Dundee United after good performances . He made his debut for the professional team of the Scots on August 13, 1958 in the Scottish Cup against FC Motherwell . In 1960 he left Scotland for Liverpool . Gabriel signed on to Everton for a fee of £ 27,000 . With the English he won the local championship in 1963 and the cup in 1966. In March 1967 he had to leave the Toffees. The Southampton FC paid a transfer fee of £ 42,500 for the Scots.

After only a year he moved to AFC Bournemouth and then to Swindon Town . In 1974 Gabriel moved to the USA , where he worked for the Seattle Sounders for five years . From 1977 on, until his replacement in 1979, he was even the player-coach of the West Coast footballers. Internationally, he was used twice for the Scottish national football team . He was the captain of Scotland's U-23 team six times.

Coaching career

After two years as a player-coach in Seattle and a championship final that was lost, he moved to the San José Earthquakes . After only two years he ended his coaching career in the USA . In 1986 he returned to England and coached the AFC Bournemouth . From 1990 he was active in the coaching staff of Everton FC . In 1990, 1993 and 1994 Gabriel was even the head coach of Toffees as an interim trainer. The Scot remained in the coaching staff of the Liverpool men until 1997 . In the same year he returned to his second home in the USA and was active in the coaching staff of his heart club Seattle Sounders until 2005 . Gabriel has been retired since 2005.

Age

Gabriel suffered from Alzheimer's disease and died on July 10, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 80.

successes

• 1 × English champion 1963
• 1 × English cup winner 1966

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David Prentice: Jimmy Gabriel obituary - Everton legend who was a warrior and a gentleman. In: Liverpool Echo. July 11, 2021, accessed July 11, 2021 . 
2. ↑ Jayda Evans: Jimmy Gabriel, known as the original Mr. Sounder, dies at age 80. In: seattletimes.com . July 20, 2021, accessed July 11, 2021 .