Jimmy Gill

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{for|the 1930s footballer also known as 'Jimmy'|John Gill (footballer, born 1903)}}

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{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jimmy Gill

| image = James 'Jimmy' Gill.jpg

| fullname = James Gill

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1894|11|9}}

| birth_place = Sheffield, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1964|1894}}

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}{{cite news |title=First Division prospects. Cardiff City |author=Cymric |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=22 August 1921 |page=5}}

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1913–1920

| clubs1 = Sheffield Wednesday

| caps1 = 38

| goals1 = 9

| years2 = 1920–1925

| clubs2 = Cardiff City

| caps2 = 184

| goals2 = 82

| years3 = 1925

| clubs3 = Blackpool

| caps3 = 15

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 1925–1927

| clubs4 = Derby County

| caps4 = 63

| goals4 = 35

| years5 = 1928–1929

| clubs5 = Crystal Palace

| caps5 = 10

| goals5 = 3

| years6 =

| clubs6 = Scarborough

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James J. Gill (9 November 1894 – 1964) was an English professional footballer. He was born in Sheffield.{{cite book| first=Michael| last=Joyce| title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939| year=2012| orig-year=2002| publisher=SoccerData| location=Nottingham| isbn=978-1-905891-61-0| page=110}}

Gill began his career at hometown side Sheffield Wednesday in 1913. With the club suffering financial difficulties he was sold to Cardiff City in 1920 for £750 and was the club's top scorer in its first year in the Football League. He would go on to consistently challenge for the award along with strike partner Len Davies during his five years at the club. While at the club he also played in the 1925 FA Cup Final, which they went on to lose 1–0 to Sheffield United. The following season, he left to join Frank Buckley's Blackpool.{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = The Breedon Books Publishing Company | year = 2006 | pages=73–74 | location=Derby | isbn= 1-85983-462-0}}

He made a scoring debut for Blackpool on 24 October 1925, in a 4–0 victory over Wolves at Bloomfield Road, netting the first goal. He made a further fourteen appearances during the 1925–26 league campaign, scoring three more goals. His final game for Blackpool occurred on 6 February 1926, in a 5–0 defeat at Port Vale.

Gill ended his career with spells at Derby County, Crystal Palace and Scarborough.