Jim McCafferty (footballer)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Jim McCafferty

| image = File:Jim McCafferty, Brentford FC footballer, 1927.jpg

| caption = McCafferty while with Brentford in 1927.

|fullname = James McCafferty

|birth_date = November 1900

|birth_place = Stevenston, Scotland{{Cite book|title = Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|last = Joyce|first = Michael|publisher = Tony Brown|year = 2012|isbn = 978-1905891610|location = Nottingham|page = 181}}

|death_date = March 1981 (aged 80)

|death_place = Bromley, England

|position = Outside forward

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|youthclubs1 = Wishaw

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|clubs1 = Larkhall Thistle

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|years2 =

|clubs2 = Duntocher Hibernian

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|years3 = {{0|0000}}–1924

|clubs3 = Shieldmuir Celtic

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|years4 = 1924–1926

|clubs4 = Motherwell

|caps4 = 19

|goals4 = 0

|years5 = 1925–1926

|clubs5 = Halifax Town

|caps5 = 20

|goals5 = 5

|years6 = 1927–1929

|clubs6 = Brentford

|caps6 = 1

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|clubs7 = Shieldmuir Celtic

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|years8 = 1929–1930

|clubs8 = Gillingham

|caps8 = 14

|goals8 = 0

|years9 =

|clubs9 = Vale of Leithen

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James McCafferty (November 1900 – March 1981), sometimes known as Joe McCafferty, was a Scottish professional football outside forward who played in the Football League for Halifax Town, Gillingham and Brentford.{{Cite book |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last1=Haynes |first1=Graham |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |pages=165}}