{{Short description|Irish footballer (1933–2012)}} {{for|the hurler|Jim Lawlor (hurler)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use British English|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Jimmy Lawlor |image = |caption = |fullname = James Joseph Lawlor |birth_date = {{birth date|1933|5|10|df=y}} |birth_place = Finglas Bridge, Dublin, Ireland |death_date = {{death date and age|2012|4|5|1933|5|10|df=y}} |death_place = Bradford, England |height = |position = Centre half |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = |clubs1 = Transport |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = |clubs2 = Shamrock Rovers |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = |clubs3 = Drumcondra |caps3 = |goals3 = |years4 = 1952–1955 |clubs4 = Doncaster Rovers |caps4 = 9 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 1955–1957 |clubs5 = Coleraine |caps5 = |goals5 = |years6 = 1957–1962 |clubs6 = Bradford City |caps6 = 153 |goals6 = 5 |totalcaps = 162+ |totalgoals = 5+ }} '''James Joseph Lawlor''' (10 May 1933 – 5 April 2012), also known as '''Jimmy Lawlor''' or '''Jim Lawlor''', was an Irish professional footballer who played in both Ireland and England as a centre half.
==Career== Born in Finglas Bridge, Dublin, Ireland,<ref name="frost">{{cite book|last=Frost|first=Terry|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988|publisher=Breedon Books Sport|year=1988|isbn=0-907969-38-0|page=400}}</ref> Lawlor spent his early career with Transport, Shamrock Rovers and Drumcondra.<ref name = "Obituary">{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/9642212.Obituary__Lawlor___s_bad_break_cut_Bradford_City_career_short/|title=Obituary: Jim Lawlor's bad break cut Bradford City career short|author=David Markham|date=11 April 2012|publisher=Telegraph & Argus}}</ref> In August 1952, he was signed for English club Doncaster Rovers by manager Peter Doherty.<ref name = "Rovers">{{cite web|url=http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/players/KtoM/Lawlor,Jim.htm|title=Profile|publisher=Doncaster Rovers F.C.|access-date=2012-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305033025/http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/players/KtoM/Lawlor,Jim.htm|archive-date=2016-03-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> He made his debut for Doncaster on 16 October 1954 in a 5–1 defeat against Lincoln City,<ref name = "Rovers"/> and made a total of nine appearances in the Football League for Doncaster during the 1954–55 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/doncaster/doncaster.html|title=DONCASTER ROVERS : 1946/47 - 1997/98 & 2003/04 - 2010/11|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}</ref> He also scored two goals in a friendly match against Scottish club Celtic on 18 November 1952.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celticprogrammesonline.com/PROGRAMME%20COVERS/5253/doncaster/doncasterrovers5253f.html|title=DONCASTER ROVERS 3 CELTIC F.C. 2|publisher=Celtic Programmes Online}}</ref> After leaving Doncaster, Lawlor had a spell in Northern Ireland with Coleraine, before signing with English club Bradford City in March 1957.<ref>{{cite book|first1=David|last1=Markham|first2=Lindsay|last2=Sutton|title=The Bradford City Story: The Pain and the Glory|publisher=Breedon Books Sport|year=2006|isbn=1-85983-499-X|page=75}}</ref> After scoring five goals in 153 appearances in the Football League for them,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/bradfordcity/bradfordcity.html|title=BRADFORD CITY : 1946/47 - 2010/11|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}</ref> and 176 appearances in all competitions,<ref name = "Obituary"/> Lawlor retired at the age of 28 in 1962, due to a broken leg injury.<ref name="frost"/><ref name = "Obituary"/>
==Later life and death== Lawlor died on 5 April 2012, at the age of 78, following a period of illness.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2727472,00.html |title=Jimmy Lawlor - 1933-2012 |date=8 April 2012 |publisher=Bradford City A.F.C. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413071429/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~2727472%2C00.html |archivedate=13 April 2012 }}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawlor, Jimmy}} Category:1933 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Category:Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Category:Drumcondra F.C. players Category:Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Category:Coleraine F.C. players Category:Bradford City A.F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:League of Ireland players Category:NIFL Premiership players Category:Transport F.C. players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Association footballers from County Dublin Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen
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