Editing Sidney James (footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sidney James
| fullname = Sidney James<ref name="Joyce" />
| birth_date = 1891
| birth_place = [[Sheffield]], England
| death_date = 9 April 1917 (aged 26)<ref name="CWGC" />
| death_place = [[Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul]], France<ref name="CWGC" />
| position = [[Centre forward]], [[left half]]
| years1 = 
| clubs1 = Bird-in-Hand
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1913–1915
| years3 = 
| clubs2 = [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]
| caps2 = 12
| goals2 = 2
}}
'''Sidney James''' (1891 – 9 April 1917) was an English professional [[association football|footballer]] who played in the [[Football League]] for [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] as a [[centre forward]].<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 |date=16 October 2012 |publisher=Tony Brown |isbn=9781905891610 |edition=3rd Revised |page=152}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
James served in [[The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment]] and the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] during the [[First World War]] and held the rank of acting [[lance corporal]].<ref name="FATFWW" /> He was [[Killed in action|killed]] on 9 April 1917 during the capture of the village of [[Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul]].<ref name="FATFWW">{{Cite web |title=Sidney James {{!}} Service Record |url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/sidney-james-service-record/ |access-date=9 December 2018 |website=Football and the First World War |language=en}}</ref> He was buried in Cojeul British Cemetery, Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul.<ref name="CWGC">{{CWGC|id=306559|accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
! rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season
! colspan="3" |League
! colspan="2" |FA Cup
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]
|[[1913–14 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season|1913–14]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Ian |title=99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories |last2=Thomas |first2=Owen |last3=Hodgson |first3=Alan |last4=Ward |first4=John |date=18 October 2007 |publisher=Huddersfield Town Football Club |isbn=9780955728105 |location=Huddersfield |language=English}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|9
|2
|2
|0
|11
|2
|-
|[[1914–15 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season|1914–15]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huddersfield Town Squad 1914/15 |url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/huddersfield-squad-1914-15/ |access-date=9 December 2018 |website=Football and the First World War |language=en}}</ref>
|3
|0
|0
|0
|3
|0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!12
!2
!2
!0
!14
!2
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:1891 births]]
[[Category:1917 deaths]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:British military personnel killed in World War I]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Sheffield]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:Men's association football wing halves]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Duke of Wellington's Regiment soldiers]]
[[Category:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry soldiers]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Sheffield]]
[[Category:Burials in Hauts-de-France]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]


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