Jimmy Revill
{{Short description|English footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
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| name = Jimmy Revill
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| fullname = James William Revill{{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 = 243}}
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|6|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sutton-in-Ashfield, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1917|4|9|1891|6|14|df=y}}
| position = Outside left
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| clubs1 = Sutton Junction
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| clubs2 = Tibshelf
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| years3 = 1910–1917
| clubs3 = Sheffield United
| caps3 = 60
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 1916–1917
| clubs4 = → Chesterfield Town (loan)
| caps4 = 25
| goals4 = 6
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| clubs5 = → Sutton Town (loan)
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| clubs6 = → New Hucknall Colliery (loan)
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|death_place = Béthune, France}}
James William Revill (14 June 1891 – 9 April 1917) was an English footballer who played for Sheffield United. Born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, he remained at the club until his death during active service in France during World War I.
Playing career
Revill spent the majority of his time at Bramall Lane in the reserves, only achieving short runs in the first team due to injuries to others. Despite this he still made sixty starts for the Blades before the outbreak of war in Europe.{{cite book |author=Denis Clarebrough & Andrew Kirkham |title=Sheffield United Who's Who |publisher=Hallamshire Press |year=2008|pages=268 |isbn=978-1-874718-69-7}}
Having enlisted for the army he served as a lance-corporal in the Royal Engineers{{cite web|title=J W Revill| url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/61199/j-w-revill|website=cwgc.org|access-date=17 May 2025}} in France until 1917 when it was reported he had been killed in action. It was later suggested that he had only been wounded and had actually died of his injuries in a military hospital on his return to England. Revill died at the 33rd Casualty Clearing Station, Béthune of a gunshot wound to the back on 9 April 1917{{Cite web|title = Jimmy Revill - Sheffield United and the First World War|url = http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/jimmy-revill-sheffield-united/|website = Football and the First World War|accessdate = 2016-01-16}} and was buried at Bethune Town Cemetery. A benefit match was held for his widow and children at Bramall Lane in 1918.
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Category:Footballers from Sutton-in-Ashfield
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English Football League players
Category:Sheffield United F.C. players
Category:Royal Engineers soldiers
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:British military personnel killed in World War I
Category:Chesterfield F.C. wartime guest players
Category:Ashfield United F.C. wartime guest players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Deaths by firearm in France
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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