Jimmy Watson (footballer, born 1914)

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jimmy Watson

| image =

| fullname = William James Boyd Watson

| birth_date = 1 January 1914{{cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| isbn=0-7524-2243-X|pages=32}}

| birth_place = Durham, England

|death_date= {{death year and age|1979|1914}}

| death_place = Bristol, England

| height =

| position = Inside forward

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1=

| years1 = – | years2 = 1932–1933 | years3 = 1933–1934 | years4 = 1934–1935 | years5 = 1935–1938 | years6 = 1938–1939 | years7 = 1939 | years8 = 1945–1946

| clubs1 = St Anthony's | clubs2 = Tunbridge Wells Rangers | clubs3 = Bristol Rovers | clubs4 = Northampton Town | clubs5 = Gillingham | clubs6 = Notts County | clubs7 = Bristol Rovers | clubs8 =Brighton & Hove Albion

| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 2 | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 3 | caps5 = 110 | goals5 = 38 | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 4 | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0

}}

William James Boyd Watson (1 January 1914 – 1979){{efn|{{harvtxt|Joyce|2012|p=303}} records Watson's birth date as 14 April 1910 and {{harvtxt|Litster |2012|loc=chpt. W}} records 14 August 1910. Both have the birthplace as Govan, Scotland, and his death as 1978. Litster records his death as being in Tunbridge Wells.{{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 }}{{cite book |last=Litster |first=John |date=November 2012 |title=A Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |edition=2 |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich }}}} was an English footballer who played professionally for clubs including Northampton Town, Notts County and Gillingham, for whom he made over 100 Football League appearances.