Jimmy Elliott (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jimmy Elliott

| image = Jimmy Elliott, Brentford FC footballer, 1920.jpg

| caption = Elliott while with Brentford in 1920.

| fullname = James Edward Elliott

| birth_date = 1891

| birth_place = Peterborough, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1939|1891}}

| height =

| position = Right half

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = South Weald

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Peterborough City

| years1 = 1912–1920

| clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur

| caps1 = 13

| goals1 = 4

| years2 = 1920–1922

| clubs2 = Brentford

| caps2 = 65

| goals2 = 2

| totalcaps = 78

| totalgoals = 6

| manageryears1 = 1927–1929

| managerclubs1 = Valencia

| manageryears2 = 1932–1934

| managerclubs2 = AIK

| manageryears3 = 1935

| managerclubs3 = Guatemala

| manageryears4 = 1935-1938

| managerclubs4 = Fenerbahçe

| manageryears5 = 1938

| managerclubs5 = FC Bern

}}

James Edward Elliott (1891–1939){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AOqcDwAAQBAJ&q=%22jimmy+elliott%22+spurs&pg=PA142 |section=Elliot, James E |title=The Spurs Alphabet |first=Bob |last=Goodwin |publisher=Lulu.com |pages=142–143 |year=2017 |isbn=978-0954043421}} was an English professional football player and manager.

Career

=Playing career=

Born in Peterborough, Elliott spent his early career with non-league teams South Weald and Peterborough City, before turning professional in 1912 with Tottenham Hotspur, before later playing for Brentford.{{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 = 100}}{{cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |date=1998 |title=A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia |publisher=Yore Publications |isbn=1-874427-57-7 |page = 53}}{{Cite web|url=http://vintagefootballers.com/product/elliott-jimmy-image-1-brentford-1921/|title=Elliott Jimmy Image 1 Brentford 1921|website=Vintage Footballers|language=en-GB|access-date=23 December 2018}}

=Coaching career=

Shortly after his retirement, Elliott became manager of Valencia. He coached the Spanish team between 1927 and 1929 and drove Valencia to the semi-finals of the Copa in 1928.{{cite web |url=http://www.lasprovincias.es/comunitat/opinion/enigma-jimmy-elliott-20171120002257-ntvo_amp.html |title=El enigma de Jimmy Elliott |access-date=20 November 2017 |publisher=Las Provincias |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042059/http://www.lasprovincias.es/comunitat/opinion/enigma-jimmy-elliott-20171120002257-ntvo_amp.html |archive-date=1 December 2017 }}

Elliott was manager of Swedish side AIK between 1932 and 1934.{{cite web |title=Tränare |url=http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?/fotboll/historik/tranare.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521222216/http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?/fotboll/historik/tranare.html |archive-date=21 May 2014 |access-date=6 January 2011 |publisher=AIK Fotboll |language=sv}} He later coached the Guatemalan national side{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/guat-coach-triv.html|title=Guatemala National Team Coaches|website=RSSSF|access-date=6 January 2011}} and Fenerbahçe between 1935 and 1938. He then managed FC Bern.{{cite news |author= |date=4 July 1938 |title=Bieler Tagblatt |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=BTB19380704-01.2.22.2&srpos=2&e=------193-de-20--1--img-txIN-Elliot----1938---0-BE---- |work= |location=Biel |publisher= |access-date=16 January 2025}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! rowspan="2" \|League ! colspan="2" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="5" \|Tottenham Hotspur \|1911–12{{Cite web \|url=http://www.11v11.com/players/james-elliott-44815/ \|title=James Elliott \|website=11v11.com \|access-date=17 December 2016}} \| rowspan="3" \|First Division \|5 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|5 \|2
1912–13 \|6 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|6 \|2
1913–14 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
1919–20 \|Second Division \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !13 !4 !0 !0 !13 !4
rowspan="3" \|Brentford \|1920–21{{Cite book\|title=100 Years Of Brentford\|publisher=Brentford FC\|year=1989\|isbn=0951526200\|editor-last=White\|editor-first=Eric\|pages=366–367}} \|Third Division \|38 \|2 \|1 \|0 \|39 \|2
1921–22 \|Third Division South \|27 \|0 \|3 \|0 \|30 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !65 !2 !4 !0 !69 !2
colspan="3" \|Career Total !78 !6 !4 !0 !82 !6

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