Jimmy McCormick (footballer, born 1883), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1883
Place of Birth: Rotherham, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 28-Jan-1935
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Jimmy McCormick (footballer, born 1883)
- James McCormick (28 April 1883 – 28 January 1935) was an English professional footballer who played 23 games in the Football League for Sheffield United, and 269 in the Southern League for Plymouth Argyle.
- He played as a right half. McCormick was born in Rotherham.
- He joined Sheffield United from local football in the Sheffield area.
- On leaving the club in 1907, he played in the Southern League and the Western League for Plymouth Argyle.
- He made a brief return to Sheffield United before the 1910–11 season, but played only once before resuming his Argyle career in December 1910.
- He remained with the club until the League was suspended for the duration of the First World War.
- McCormick joined the 17th Middlesex Battalion, the Footballers' Battalion, in January 1915 and was promoted to Sergeant soon after enlisting.
- The battalion went to France in November 1915, where McCormick was wounded the following year by shrapnel in his forehead during the Battle of the Somme.
- McCormick carried a wounded comrade whose legs had been shattered, who guided him the wrong way down a trench and they were captured.
- He was taken to a prisoner of war camp in Saxony.He was repatriated when the First World War ended and spent time in hospital recovering from malnutrition.
- McCormick played for Argyle again throughout the 1919–20 season and captained the side after Harry Wilcox retired early in the campaign.
- He made 305 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring 26 goals, and retired from professional football before the club joined the Football League.
- McCormick emigrated to Canada in June 1920, where he captained Ladysmith Football Club on Vancouver Island.
- He suffered from tinnitus and deteriorating eyesight as he got older due to the injury sustained during the war and retired to Kimberley in 1930.
- McCormick died of cancer on 28 January 1935.
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