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Jim McAnearney

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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.[1]

References

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  1. "Obituary". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.