Jimmy Dunne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jimmy Dunne

Irish footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1905

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 14-Nov-1949

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jimmy Dunne

  • For other people with the same name, see Jimmy Dunne (disambiguation).James Dunne (3 September 1905 – 14 November 1949) was an Irish footballer who played for, among others, Shamrock Rovers, Sheffield United, Arsenal and Southampton.
  • Dunne was also a dual internationalist and played for both Ireland teams: the FAI XI and the IFA XI.
  • Dunne holds the all-time record of consecutive goals scored at the elite level of English football. Dunne was the first Irishman to figure prominently in the English League scoring records.
  • In the 1930–31 season he scored 41 league goals for Sheffield United.
  • This became a club record and remains the most league goals scored by an Irishman during a single English League season. In the 1931–32 season, he scored in 12 consecutive matches.
  • This is the all-time record of consecutive goals scored at the elite level of English football.
  • Dunne also scored 30 or more First Division goals in three consecutive seasons between 1930 and 1933.
  • He excelled at either centre forward or inside forward and was outstanding with his head.
  • On 27 September 1930 he scored a hat-trick of headers against Portsmouth.
  • He was a fringe member of the great Arsenal side of the 1930s before finishing his career at Shamrock Rovers. Dunne died suddenly from a heart attack, at the age of 44, on 14 November 1949.
  • His two sons, Tommy and Jimmy, also played in the League of Ireland for St.
  • Patrick's Athletic.
  • Tommy also played for Shamrock Rovers.
  • His nephew, another Tommy Dunne, also played for Rovers and another nephew Christy Doyle, played for Shelbourne and the Republic of Ireland.

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