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Jim Briscoe

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Jimmy Briscoe
Personal information
Date of birth 14 October 1923
Place of birth Swinton, England
Date of death 27 August 2014(2014-08-27) (aged 90)
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1947 Sheffield Wednesday 5 (3)
Gainsborough Trinity
1948–1953 Ramsgate
1953–1958 Margate
Managerial career
1968–???? Stevenage Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Patrick Briscoe (14 October 1923 – 27 August 2014)[1] was a professional footballer, manager and one of the founding members of Stevenage F.C.[2]

Biography[edit]

Born in Swinton, West Riding of Yorkshire, Briscoe came through the youth team at Sheffield Wednesday.[3] A centre forward, he scored three goals in five league appearances during the 1946–47 season, but left to join non-League Gainsborough Trinity.[1] He later moved to Kent, playing for Ramsgate and Margate, where he broke the goalscoring record for the Kent League.[1]

In 1968 he became manager of the newly formed Stevenage Athletic and its successor club Stevenage Borough.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Jim Briscoe - "Mr Stevenage" Stevenage FC History
  2. ^ a b "Phil Wallace and Graham Westley pay tribute to Jim Briscoe". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ^ Jim Briscoe at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database