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Jimmy Blain
Personal information
Full name James Donald Blain[1]
Date of birth (1940-04-09) 9 April 1940 (age 84)[1]
Place of birth Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[2]
Position(s) Left back, inside forward
Youth career
195?–1959 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1960 Everton 0 (0)
1960–1962 Southport 127 (40)
1962–1964 Rotherham United 23 (1)
1964–1965 Carlisle United 41 (7)
1965–1974 Exeter City 320 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Donald Blain (born 9 April 1940) is an English professional footballer who made 501 appearances in the Football League playing as a left back or inside forward for Southport,[2] Rotherham United, Carlisle United and Exeter City.[1][3] Blain was born in Mossley Hill, Liverpool,[2] and began his career as a youngster with Everton, but never played for their first team.[4] After retiring from football he remained in the Exeter area and worked as a carpet fitter.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Jimmy Blain". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Player details: Jimmy Blain". Port Online. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ^ Strange, Ben (28 February 2018). "'I dislocated my shoulder at St James Park over the Christmas period. It was a freezing cold day and the ground was like a rock'". Exeter City F.C. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Everton transfer". Liverpool Echo. 11 February 1960. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via bluecorrespondent.co.uk.


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