SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy McGrory

1904 - 1982

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James Edward McGrory (26 April 1904 – 20 October 1982) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Clydebank as a forward. He later managed Kilmarnock and Celtic. McGrory is also the all-time leading goalscorer in top-flight British football, with a total of 550 goals in 547 competitive first-team games at club and international level. McGrory is a legendary figure within Celtic's history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy McGrory is the 2,611th most popular soccer player (down from 2,087th in 2019), the 3,566th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,961st in 2019) and the 161st most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy McGrory ranks 2,611 out of 21,273. Before him are Guillermo Amor, Iuliu Bodola, Cosmin Contra, Jupp Kapellmann, Antonio Campolo, and José Ramón Alexanko. After him are Costinha, Félix Sesúmaga, Albert Ferrer, Sergi Roberto, Adrián Escudero, and Ad-Diba.

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Among people born in 1904, Jimmy McGrory ranks 231. Before him are Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, Attila Petschauer, Chūhei Nambu, Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Tita Merello, and J. R. D. Tata. After him are Käthe von Nagy, Vladimir Kokkinaki, Erwin Komenda, Pretty Boy Floyd, Gregg Toland, and Josef Pieper. Among people deceased in 1982, Jimmy McGrory ranks 187. Before him are Mirabehn, Marie Rambert, Renzo Rossellini, Marie Braun, Palden Thondup Namgyal, and Ngaio Marsh. After him are Firaq Gorakhpuri, Yuen Ren Chao, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Sonny Stitt, Fernando Lamas, and Leonid Spirin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy McGrory ranks 3,567 out of 8,785. Before him are David Cox (1924), Michael Moran (1948), George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923), Anohni (1971), Tina Charles (1954), and Donald Watson (1910). After him are Anne Bradstreet (1612), Thomas Moran (1837), Martin McDonagh (1970), Albert Bruce Jackson (1876), Brian Ferneyhough (1943), and Amanda Abbington (1974).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jimmy McGrory ranks 161. Before him are Andrew Johnson (1981), Joe Fagan (1921), Jimmy Murray (1933), Danny Rose (1990), Fred Martin (1929), and Ted Drake (1912). After him are Stuart McCall (1964), Fred Pentland (1883), Jimmy Ross (1866), Ramón Zabalo (1910), Ron Atkinson (1939), and Nat Lofthouse (1925).

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