Jimmy McMenemy
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| Jimmy McMenemy | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James McMenemy | |
| Date of birth | September 23, 1880 | |
| Place of birth | Rutherglen, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1902-1920 1920-19?? |
Celtic Partick Thistle |
515 (168) |
| National team | ||
| 1905-1920 | Scotland | 12 (5) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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James "Jimmy" McMenemy (born 23 August 1880 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire - died 1965) was a Celtic football player from 1902 to 1920. He made 515 appearances and scored 168 goals.
He was part of the famous Celtic team that won six league titles in a row between season 1903-04 and season 1909-10, and was part of the team that defeated Rangers 3-2 in the 1904 Scottish Cup Final after being down 2-0.
Nicknamed "Napoleon", he played 12 times for the Scotland national team, scoring 5 goals. In 1920, McMenemy left Celtic and joined Partick Thistle, and in April 1921 helped Thistle to their one and only Scottish Cup victory, beating Rangers 1-0.
McMenemy won seven Scottish Cup medals – 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914 and 1921.
In 1934, he was invited back to Parkhead as trainer and Assistant Manager to Willie Maley.
His son, John, won a Scottish Cup medal for Celtic in 1927, and his other son, Harry, played for Newcastle United.
Lawrie McMenemy, the former Manager of Southampton and many other teams, is the great-nephew of McMenemy.
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