James Sharp (footballer, born 1870)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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| name = James Sharp

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| fullname = James Sharp

| birth_date = 12 February 1870[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/10107548:60143?tid=&pid=&queryId=e13d65342a43da06b4ac2789e4020130&_phsrc=jlN1883&_phstart=successSource Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950], Ancestry UK {{subscription required}}

| birth_place = Bonhill, Scotland

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| position = {{ublist|Forward|Wing half}}

| years1 = 1889–1891| clubs1 = Vale of Leven| caps1 = 11 |goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1891–1895| clubs2 = Preston North End| caps2 = 93 |goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1896–1897| clubs3 = Darwen | caps3 = 24 |goals3 = 2

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James Sharp (12 February 1870 – unknown) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Darwen and Preston North End,{{cite book|last=Joyce|first=Michael|title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|year=2004|publisher=SoccerData|isbn=1-899468-67-6}} and in the Scottish Football League for Vale of Leven (also appearing for them on the losing side in the 1890 Scottish Cup Final).{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}

His nephew Buchanan Sharp was also a footballer.[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/301780:1104 1871 Scotland Census], Ancestry UK {{subscription required}}