Jim McAnearney

Jim McAnearney

Personal information
Full name	James McAnearney
Date of birth	(1935-03-20)20 March 1935
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Date of death	14 March 2017(2017-03-14) (aged 81)
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Inside forward
Youth career
	St Stephen's
1951–1954	Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1959	Sheffield Wednesday	38	(10)
1959–1963	Plymouth Argyle	135	(34)
1963–1966	Watford	86	(19)
1966–1968	Bradford City	45	(5)
Total		304	(68)
Teams managed
1968	Bradford City
1968–1973	Rotherham United
1975	Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker)
	Frickley Athletic
1981–1982	Scarborough
	Hallam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

James "Jim" McAnearney (20 March 1935 – 14 March 2017) was a Scottish football player and manager.

McAnearney played for Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle, Watford and Bradford City, who he also briefly managed in 1968 with Tom Hallett.

He later managed Rotherham United, Frickley Athletic, Scarborough and Hallam, and worked as a coach at Sheffield Wednesday (where he was also caretaker manager) and Leeds United. In later life he established and ran a tool/engineering business.

McAnearney died on 14 March 2017, at the age of 81.

Sources

• Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.