SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy Adamson

1929 - 2011

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James Adamson (4 April 1929 – 8 November 2011) was an English professional footballer and football manager. He was born in Ashington, Northumberland. He made 486 appearances for Burnley, ranking him sixth in their all-time appearance list. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Jimmy Adamson is the 9,564th most popular soccer player (down from 9,232nd in 2024), the 6,829th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,687th in 2019) and the 558th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among soccer players, Jimmy Adamson ranks 9,564 out of 21,273. Before him are Shigeru Morioka, Stefan Ristovski, Vladimir Vasilj, Nicola Ventola, Shogo Yoshizawa, and Paul Robinson. After him are Altay Bayındır, Nobuhiro Takeda, Gábor Babos, David Herd, Adrián Chávez, and Holger Fach.

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Among people born in 1929, Jimmy Adamson ranks 555. Before him are Joan Taylor, Sartaj Aziz, Yash Johar, Edith Windsor, Pallonji Mistry, and Joi Lansing. After him are Ila Arun, Barbara Murray, Eddie Garcia, Bobby Johnstone, Thomas Eagleton, and Peter Thomson. Among people deceased in 2011, Jimmy Adamson ranks 513. Before him are Hana Andronikova, Ruslan Salei, Susana Chávez, Walt Hazzard, DJ Mehdi, and Shahbaz Bhatti. After him are Karel Rachůnek, Sexy Cora, Cynthia Myers, Masanori Sanada, Mark Hatfield, and Saif al-Arab Gaddafi.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Adamson ranks 558. Before him are Alfred Lyttelton (1857), Aaron Ramsdale (1998), Danny Wilson (1991), Robert Green (1980), Kenny Sansom (1958), and Paul Robinson (1978). After him are David Herd (1934), James Maddison (1996), Sean Davis (1979), John Hollins (1946), Ronnie Moran (1934), and Mark Bowen (1963).

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