- Jimmy Ruffell
Infobox Football biography
playername= Jimmy Ruffell
fullname = James Ruffell
nickname =
height = 5' 09"
dateofbirth = birth date|1900|8|8|mf=y
dateofdeath = death date and age|1989|9|6|1900|8|8|mf=y
cityofbirth =Doncaster
countryofbirth =England
position =Outside-left
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1921 – 1937
1937 – 1938
clubs = West Ham
Aldershot
caps(goals) = 505 (159)
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nationalyears = 1926 – 1929
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 6 (0)Jimmy Ruffell (
August 8 1900 –September 6 1989 ) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United.Ruffell was born in
Doncaster ,South Yorkshire , but moved south at an early age. He played for Essex Road School, Manor Park, Fullers,Chadwell Heath United, Manor Park Albion, East Ham and Wall End United, before West Ham signed him from the works team of the Ilford Electricity Board in March 1920.Fact|date=June 2007Ruffell, an outside-left, made his West Ham debut in September 1921, a 3-0 home victory over Port Vale. He was an ever-present during the 1924-25 season, and went on to make 548 senior appearances for the Hammers, a record that wasn't beaten until
Bobby Moore surpassed it in 1973. He scored a total of 166 goals, placing him above many of West Ham's finest strikers in the club's records, and was the club's top scorer for the 1927-28 and 1934-35 seasons. Despite this, he didn't score a single goal during the 1921-22, 1932-33 and 1936-37 seasons.In 1923, he was part of the team that contested the first
FA Cup Final to be staged atWembley Stadium , known as the The White Horse Final.In April 1926, he made his international debut in a 0-1 defeat by Scotland in Manchester. He played for England a further five times, but competition from the likes of
Cliff Bastin andEric Houghton kept him out of the team.Ruffell left the East London club in 1937. He joined Aldershot for a short spell, playing his last game against Port Vale, the club he'd debuted against 17 years earlier.
References
*cite book |last=Hogg |first=Tony |title=Who's Who of West Ham United |year=2005 |publisher=Profile Sports Media| id= ISBN 1 903135 50 8 |pages=180
* [http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=834 Jimmy Ruffell profile] at englandfc.comExternal links
* [http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=570&united=Jimmy_Ruffell Jimmy Ruffell] at westhamstats.info
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