Jim Plant
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jim Plant
| image =
| fullname = James Edward Plant{{cite book|author=Denis Clarebrough & Andrew Kirkham|title=Sheffield United Who's Who|publisher=Hallamshire Press|year=2008|page=259|isbn=978-1-874718-69-7}}
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
| birth_date = 1898
| birth_place = Whitwell, Derbyshire, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Whitwell
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Cresswell Colliery
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Whitwell Discharged Soldiers
| years2 = 1920–1925
| clubs2 = Sheffield United
| caps2 = 55
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1926–1927
| clubs3 = Macclesfield Town
| caps3 = 32
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 1927
| clubs4 = Worksop Town
| years5 = 1927–1929
| clubs5 = Ripley Town
| years6 = 1929–1931
| clubs6 = Whitwell Old Boys
| years7 = 1931
| clubs7 = Whitwell Colliery
}}
James Edward Plant (1898 – after 1930) was an English footballer who played as a right half or left half. Born in Whitwell, Derbyshire and a former soldier, he played in the Football League for Sheffield United.
Career
Plant played as an amateur for a number of local sides while working as a miner before seeing active service with the Sherwood Foresters. Having been wounded while in the army, Plant was playing for Whitwell Discharged Soldiers when he was spotted by Sheffield United in January 1920 and offered a professional contract. Making his debut the following month in a 0–0 draw with Derby County, Plant remained at United for four and a half seasons, but never cemented himself in the first team. His best spell was a run of games playing at wing half during the 1922–23 season, but Plant was injured at the start of the following season and lost his place. Plant was eventually released in the summer of 1925 on medical grounds.
After a spell away from football Plant signed for Macclesfield Town in the summer of 1926, where he spent one season before joining Worksop Town in 1927. Plant's stay at Worksop was only a brief one and he drifted back into the amateur game, playing for Ripley Town, Whitwell Old Boys and finally Whitwell Colliery.
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Category:Year of death missing
Category:People from Whitwell, Derbyshire
Category:Footballers from Derbyshire
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Sheffield United F.C. players
Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players
Category:Worksop Town F.C. players
Category:Ripley Town F.C. players
Category:Whitwell Colliery F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Sherwood Foresters soldiers