Jimmy Potter

{{short description|Northern Irish footballer}}

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|name = Jimmy Potter

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|fullname = James Potter

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|11|20|df=y}}

|birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland

|death_date = 1st May 2019

|death_place = Sunderland

|height =

|position = Wing half

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|years1 = 1958–1963 |clubs1 = Sunderland |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0

|years2 = 1963–1964 |clubs2 = Darlington |caps2 = 19 |goals2 = 1

|years3 = – |clubs3 = Linfield |caps3 = |goals3 =

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James Potter (born 20 November 1941) is a Northern Irish former footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Darlington.{{Hugman|15949|James Potter|accessdate=8 June 2020}} He began his career as a youngster with Sunderland, without playing first-team football for the club, and after leaving Darlington he returned to his native Northern Ireland to join Linfield.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/darlington/darlington.html |title=Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10 |work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=15 July 2015}}