SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy Jones

1928 - 2014

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James Jones (25 July 1928 – 13 February 2014) was a Northern Irish footballer who played as a forward. He is the leading goalscorer in the history of Irish League football with a total of 647 goals. According to RSSSF, he scored more than 809 goals in official matches, which makes him one of the most prolific goal scorers of all time. In a career spanning almost 20 years, Jones started his career with Belfast Celtic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Jones is the 1,135th most popular soccer player (up from 3,846th in 2019), the 2,260th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,237th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy Jones ranks 1,135 out of 21,273. Before him are Jean Vincent, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus, Zdeněk Nehoda, Dezső Novák, and Emerson. After him are Milan Baroš, Nuri Şahin, Ugo Locatelli, Manuel Bento, Patrick M'Boma, and Ludovic Giuly.

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Among people born in 1928, Jimmy Jones ranks 217. Before him are Luigi Colani, Cy Twombly, Gerard Damiano, Nicolas Roeg, Anatoly Filipchenko, and Édouard Glissant. After him are Hans Herrmann, Maynard Ferguson, Rosemary Clooney, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Christian d'Oriola, and Yury Yakovlev. Among people deceased in 2014, Jimmy Jones ranks 158. Before him are Gerd Albrecht, Richard Bull, Kumba Ialá, Efua Dorkenoo, Yitzhak Hofi, and Dezső Novák. After him are Abdul Qadir, James Foley, Tadeusz Różewicz, Bert Williams, Carmelo Simeone, and Ramón José Velásquez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Jones ranks 2,260 out of 8,785. Before him are Andy Gibb (1958), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), Katie Johnson (1878), Alexander Wilson (1766), Joe Davis (1901), and Anna Sewell (1820). After him are Isabella Beeton (1836), Steve Winwood (1948), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Stephen Morris (1957), Wilfred Owen (1893), and Erskine Childers (1870).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Jones ranks 72. Before him are Cliff Jones (1935), Harry Gregg (1932), Alan Smith (1962), Andy Gray (1955), Bobby Smith (1933), and David Seaman (1963). After him are Dixie Dean (1907), Bert Williams (1920), Bob Wilson (1941), Roger Hunt (1938), Bobby Collins (1931), and Roger Byrne (1929).

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