{{Short description|Northern Irish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jimmy D'Arcy | image = | caption = | fullname = Seamus Donal D'Arcy<ref name="Hugman">{{Hugman|4694|accessdate=20 August 2017}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|12|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Newry]], Northern Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1985|2|22|1921|12|14|df=y}}<ref name="Hugman" /> | death_place = [[Sudbury Hill]], England<ref name="BallymenaStats" /> | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}} | position = [[Forward (association football)|Inside forward]] | years1 = | clubs1 = [[Waterford United F.C.|Waterford]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1943–1946 | clubs2 = [[Limerick F.C.|Limerick]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1946 | clubs3 = [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1946–1947 | clubs4 = [[Newry Town F.C.|Newry Town]] | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1947–1948 | clubs5 = [[Ballymena United F.C.|Ballymena United]] | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 11 | years6 = 1948–1951 | clubs6 = [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 1951–1952 | clubs7 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] | caps7 = 23 | goals7 = 12 | years8 = 1952–1954 | clubs8 = [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] | caps8 = 13 | goals8 = 3 | totalcaps = 58 | totalgoals = 20 | nationalyears1 = 1952–1953 | nationalteam1 = [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 1953 | nationalteam2 = [[Irish Football Association|IFA XI]] | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = }} '''Seamus Donal D'Arcy''' (14 December 1921 – 22 February 1985), known as '''Jimmy D'Arcy''' or sometimes '''Paddy D'Arcy''', was a Northern Irish international [[association football|footballer]] who played as an [[Forward (association football)|inside forward]].
== Career == After playing in the Republic of Ireland for [[Waterford United F.C.|Waterford]], [[Limerick F.C.|Limerick]], [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] and in Northern Ireland for [[Ballymena United F.C.|Ballymena United]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy D'Arcy |url=https://nifootball.blogspot.co.uk/2006/10/jimmy-darcy.html |access-date=20 August 2017 |website=nifootball.blogspot.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="dundalkfcwhoswho">{{Cite web |title=Seamus (Jimmy) Darcy {{!}} History of Dundalk F.C. |url=https://www.dundalkfcwhoswho.com/player.php?id=144 |access-date=10 June 2019 |website=www.dundalkfcwhoswho.com}}</ref> D'Arcy played professionally in the [[the Football League|Football League]] for [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]],<ref name="Hugman" /> before his retirement in 1954.<ref name="dundalkfcwhoswho" /> He also represented the [[Irish Football Association|IFA XI]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=British FA XI Tours |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/britishfatours.html |access-date=20 August 2017 |website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref> An ankle injury ended D'Arcy's career in 1954 and the following year he returned to Charlton Athletic to serve as Development Association Officer for eight months.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Official Matchday Magazine Of Brentford Football Club versus Preston North End |date=25 September 1999 |publisher=Morganprint |location=Blackheath |page=41}}</ref>
== Personal life == After retiring from football, D'Arcy settled in [[Sudbury Hill]] and worked as a quality inspector for a local glass manufacturing company.<ref name="dundalkfcwhoswho" />
== Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |National cup{{efn|Includes [[FAI Cup]], [[Irish Cup]], [[FA Cup]]}} ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |[[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] |[[1946–47 League of Ireland|1946–47]]<ref name="dundalkfcwhoswho" /> |[[League of Ireland]] |0 |0 | colspan="2" |― |9<ref group="lower-alpha">6 appearances and 3 goals in [[Dublin City Cup]], 3 appearances and 1 goal in [[League of Ireland Shield]]</ref> |4 |9 |4 |- |[[Ballymena United F.C.|Ballymena United]] |[[1947–48 Irish League|1947–48]]<ref name="BallymenaStats">{{Cite web |title=Seamus DArcy {{!}} Player Statistics {{!}} Ballymena United |url=https://bufchistory.com/player.php?id=941 |access-date=22 June 2023 |website=Ballymena United Archive |language=en}}</ref> |[[Irish League (Northern Ireland)|Irish League]] |17 |11 |1 |1 |12<ref group="lower-alpha">11 appearances and 5 goals in [[City Cup (Northern Ireland)|City Cup]], 1 appearance and 2 goals in [[Gold Cup (Northern Ireland)|Gold Cup]]</ref> |7 |30 |19 |- | rowspan="3" |[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] |[[1951-52 Football League First Division|1951–52]]<ref name="11v11">{{Cite web |title=Seamus D D'Arcy |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/seamus-d-darcy-34058/ |access-date=10 June 2019 |website=11v11.com}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |[[Football League First Division|First Division]] |21 |12 |8 |1 | colspan="2" |― |29 |13 |- |[[1952-53 Football League First Division|1952–53]]<ref name="11v11" /> |2 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |― |2 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !23 !12 !8 !1 ! colspan="2" |― !31 !12 |- |[[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] |[[1952–53 Brentford F.C. season|1952–53]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0-9515262-0-0 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=382}}</ref> |[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] |13 |3 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |― |13 |3 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !53 !26 !9 !2 !21 !11 !63 !38 |} <references group="lower-alpha" />
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/jimmyd'arcy.html Profile at Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database] *[https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/10/jimmy-darcy.html Profile at Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats]
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