James Tebbs

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name = James Tebbs

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|position = Outside left

|birth_date = May 1878

|birth_place = Melton Mowbray, England

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|years1 = 1898–1900 |clubs1 = Loughborough |caps1 = 33 |goals1 = 5

|years2 = 1900–1902 |clubs2 = Small Heath |caps2 = 4 |goals2 = 1

|years3 = 1902–19xx |clubs3 = Leicester United

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James T. Tebbs (May 1878 – after 1901) was an English professional footballer who made 37 appearances in the Football League playing for Loughborough and Small Heath. He played as an outside left.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData (Tony Brown) |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=256 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}

Tebbs was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. He played in the Second Division for Loughborough, and was the club's leading scorer – with only 4 goals out of the 18 they scored – in the 1899–1900 season, Loughborough's last in the Football League.{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=128 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/lghist/fl1900.htm |title=Football League 1899–00 |work=Football Club History Database |publisher=Richard Rundle |access-date=1 April 2009}} He then joined Small Heath, but the form of Sid Wharton restricted Tebbs to four appearances in two years, and he then returned to Leicestershire to play non-league football for Leicester United.