- Jimmy McMenemy
Football player infobox
playername = Jimmy McMenemy
fullname = James McMenemy
dateofbirth = birth date|1880|9|23
cityofbirth =Rutherglen
countryofbirth =Scotland
position = Forward
years = 1902-1920
1920-19??
clubs = Celtic
Partick Thistle
caps(goals) = 515 (168)
nationalyears = 1905-1920
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 12 (5)James "Jimmy" McMenemy (born
23 August 1880 inRutherglen ,Lanarkshire - died 1965) was a Celtic football player from 1902 to 1920. He made 515 appearances and scored 168 goals.He was part of the famous Celtic team that won six league titles in a row between season 1903-04 and season 1909-10, and was part of the team that defeated Rangers 3-2 in the 1904
Scottish Cup Final after being down 2-0.Nicknamed "Napoleon", he played 12 times for the Scotland national team, scoring 5 goals. In 1920, McMenemy left Celtic and joined Partick Thistle, and in April 1921 helped Thistle to their one and only
Scottish Cup victory, beating Rangers 1-0.McMenemy won seven Scottish Cup medals – 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914 and 1921.
In 1934, he was invited back to Parkhead as trainer and Assistant Manager to
Willie Maley .His son, John, won a
Scottish Cup medal for Celtic in 1927, and his other son, Harry, played for Newcastle United.Lawrie McMenemy , the former Manager of Southampton and many other teams, is the great-nephew of McMenemy.External links
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