# Jimmy Broadhead
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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jimmy Broadhead
| fullname = James Edward Broadhead
| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|8|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Rotherham](/source/Rotherham), England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|5|4|1894|8|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [Whiston](/source/Whiston%2C_Merseyside), England
| position = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}[{{cite news |title=The lure of promotion. Nelson |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=13 August 1923 |page=6}}]
| years1 = 1913–1919 | clubs1 = [Rotherham County](/source/Rotherham_County_F.C.) | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1919–1920 | clubs2 = [Norwich City](/source/Norwich_City_F.C.) | caps2 = 31 | goals2 = 8
| years3 = 1920–1921 | clubs3 = [South Shields](/source/South_Shields_F.C._(1889)) | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1921–1922 | clubs4 = [Scunthorpe & Lindsey United](/source/Scunthorpe_United_F.C.) | caps4 = | goals4 =
| years5 = 1922–1926 | clubs5 = [Nelson](/source/Nelson_F.C.) | caps5 = 66 | goals5 = 1
| years6 = 1926–1927 | clubs6 = [Barnoldswick Town](/source/Barnoldswick_Town_F.C.) | caps6 = | goals6 =
| years7 = 1927–1928 | clubs7 = [Nelson](/source/Nelson_F.C.) | caps7 = 1 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1928–1930 | clubs8 = [Horwich RMI](/source/Leigh_Genesis_F.C.) | caps8 = ? | goals8 = ?
| years9 = 1930–1931 | clubs9 = [Morecambe](/source/Morecambe_F.C.) | caps9 = ? | goals9 = ?
}}
'''James Edward Broadhead''' (25 August 1894 – 4 May 1955) was an English professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a defender. Born in [Rotherham](/source/Rotherham), he started his career with [Rotherham County](/source/Rotherham_County_F.C.) in 1913, and then joined [Norwich City](/source/Norwich_City_F.C.) in 1919. He later had spells with [South Shields](/source/South_Shields_F.C._(1889)) and [Scunthorpe & Lindsey United](/source/Scunthorpe_%26_Lindsey_United_F.C.) before moving to [Nelson](/source/Nelson_F.C.), where he made 67 Football League appearances in two spells with the club. He played in [non-League football](/source/non-League_football) towards the end of his career, before retiring to become a coach in the early 1930s.
==Biography==
James Broadhead was born in [Rotherham](/source/Rotherham), [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire), on 25 August. After his football career ended, he settled in [Whiston, Merseyside](/source/Whiston%2C_Merseyside), and worked for retail and gambling company [Littlewoods](/source/Littlewoods) of Liverpool. He died in Whiston on 4 May 1955, at the age of 60.[{{cite book|first=Garth|last=Dykes|title=Nelson FC in the Football League|year=2009|publisher=SoccerData|isbn=978-1-905891-29-0|page=22}}]
==Football career==
Broadhead started his senior career with his hometown club [Rotherham County](/source/Rotherham_County_F.C.) in 1913, having previously played junior football with [Kimberworth Old Boys](/source/Kimberworth_Old_Boys_F.C.). His early career was interrupted by the First World War. After the conclusion of the war, Broadhead joined [Southern Football League](/source/Southern_Football_League) side [Norwich City](/source/Norwich_City_F.C.), where he scored eight goals in 31 matches during a solitary season at Carrow Road.[{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Joyce|year=2004|title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939|publisher=SoccerData|isbn=1-899468-67-6}}] He next joined [Scunthorpe & Lindsey United](/source/Scunthorpe_%26_Lindsey_United_F.C.) and played one-and-a-half seasons with them, scoring the club's last ever goal in the [Midland Football League](/source/Midland_Football_League_(1889)), in a 1–1 draw with [Harrogate Town](/source/Harrogate_Town_A.F.C.).[{{cite web|url=http://www.nelsonfc.com/feat/edx1/3rd_div_champs_1_heartache_avenue_120979/index.shtml|title=3rd Div Champs 1: Heartache Avenue|publisher=Nelson FC|author=Broughton, Gary|date=30 August 2003|accessdate=1 May 2010}}] He made his Nelson debut on 26 August 1922 in the 2–6 defeat away at [Bradford Park Avenue](/source/Bradford_(Park_Avenue)_A.F.C.). On 14 April 1923, he scored his first goal for the club, netting the winner in the 2–1 win against [Accrington Stanley](/source/Accrington_Stanley_F.C._(1891)) at [Seedhill](/source/Seedhill_Football_Ground).[Dykes, p. 76] Broadhead missed only two matches during the campaign as the team won the [Football League Third Division North](/source/Football_League_Third_Division_North) to gain promotion to the Second Division for the first time in their history. He did not make the team as regularly in a higher league, and was often second choice left-half behind new signing [Leigh Collins](/source/Leigh_Collins). Broadhead found his first-team opportunities highly limited during the 1924–25 season. On 21 April 1925, he played his first match in almost a year when he was selected for the 2–1 home win over [Southport](/source/Southport_F.C.).[Dykes, p. 78] He played in the first six games of the following campaign, but was then replaced by [Ernie Braidwood](/source/Ernie_Braidwood) and later by [Ambrose Harris](/source/Ambrose_Harris). After a four-year spell, in which he played total of 66 league matches and scored one goal for Nelson, Broadhead left Nelson in July 1926 to join [non-league](/source/non-League_football) side [Barnoldswick Town](/source/Barnoldswick_Town_F.C.).[Dykes, p. 81] In the summer of 1928, he transferred to [Horwich RMI](/source/Horwich_RMI_F.C.), before joining [Morecambe](/source/Morecambe_F.C.) in July 1930.