{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jim Branagan | image = | caption = | fullname = James Patrick Stephen Branagan<ref name=hugman>{{hugman|2107|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|7|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Urmston, England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll |url-access=registration |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 |editor-first=Jack |editor-last=Rollin |publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London |year=1980 |isbn=0362020175 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll/page/66 66]}}</ref> | position = Full back | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Oldham Athletic | years1 = 1973–1977 | clubs1 = Oldham Athletic | caps1 = 27 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1977 | clubs2 = Cape Town City | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1977–1979 | clubs3 = Huddersfield Town | caps3 = 38 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1979–1987 | clubs4 = Blackburn Rovers | caps4 = 294 | goals4 = 5 | years5 = 1987–1988 | clubs5 = Preston North End | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1988–1989 | clubs6 = York City | caps6 = 42 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 1989–? | clubs7 = Chorley | caps7 = | goals7 = }} '''Jim Branagan''' (born 3 July 1955) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a full back for Oldham Athletic, Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End and York City, and also in South Africa for Cape Town City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/jimbranagan.html |title=Jim Branagan |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=12 October 2009}}</ref>
Born in Urmston, Lancashire, Branagan began his professional career at Oldham Athletic, aged 18.<ref name=hugman/> He retired in 1989, later working at a Tesco store in Pendleton, Lancashire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Rovers star is Tesco's store player |first=Simone |last=O'Kane |work=The Northern Echo |date=15 October 2012 |access-date=7 January 2019 |url= https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9985564.former-rovers-star-is-tescos-store-player/}}</ref>
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