Jackie Jameson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jackie Jameson

Irish footballer

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1957

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 29-Oct-2002

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Jackie Jameson

  • Jackie Jameson was an Irish soccer player during the 1970s and 1980s. Jameson represented Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk (loan), St.
  • Patricks Athletic and Bohemians during his career.
  • He is known around Dalymount Park as "The Great Man".
  • He was inducted into the Bohemian F.C.
  • Hall of Fame in November 2007.Jameson played his schoolboy football at Lourdes Celtic and Cherry Orchard before moving into League of Ireland football with Shamrock Rovers in 1975. He made a scoring debut on 21 October 1975 in a FAI League Cup tie while in the previous month on 11 September he scored against Japan in a 3-2 win in Tokyo.
  • He struggled, however, to gain regular first team football under John Giles and after only 5 appearances he moved to St Patricks Athletic in 1978 where he began to establish himself as a player of some class.
  • He spent 3 seasons at Pats, reaching a FAI Cup Final in 1980 (losing to Waterford) before he joined Billy Young's Bohemians in 1981.
  • He scored on his league debut on 13 September against Sligo, the same day Paul Doolin, who also scored, made his debut. He spent 9 years at Dalymount Park until his retirement in 1990.
  • Jackie would end up as Bohemian's top league scorer in 5 of those seasons.
  • He was runner up in the FAI Cup in 1982 and 1983 and runner up in the League of Ireland in 1984 and 1985.
  • He was never capped at full international level either.
  • However, he was on the League of Ireland XI and played in Olympic qualifiers.
  • He played 303 competitive matches for Bohs after making his debut against Shelbourne on 30 August 1981 with his last game on 28 January 1990 against UCD.
  • Scored once in six European appearances. Jackie Jameson died in 2002.
  • He is still a legend amongst the Bohs fans and many songs and flags have been created in honour of him. A Facebook tribute page was set up in 2012.
  • It can be found under the name Jackie Jameson Irish Football Legend. One of the three function rooms in Dalymount Park is named The Jackie Jameson Bar.

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