Jimmy Lawton

{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{infobox football biography | name = Jimmy Lawton | image = | caption = | fullname = James Michael Lawton | height = | position = Centre forward | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|7|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Middlesbrough, England | death_date = | youthyears1 = – | youthclubs1 = Middlesbrough | years1 = 1961–1966 | clubs1 = Darlington | caps1 = 120 | goals1 = 60 | years2 = 1965–1967 | clubs2 = Swindon Town | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 1967–1968 | clubs3 = Watford | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1968–1969 | clubs4 = Darlington | caps4 = 22 | goals4 = 3 | totalcaps = 166 | totalgoals = 67 }} '''James Michael Lawton''' (born 6 July 1942) is an English-born former footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League in the 1960s.<ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/jimmylawton.html |title=Jimmy Lawton |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=2009-07-13}}</ref>

Lawton was born in Middlesbrough, and after playing for his home-town club as an amateur he moved to Darlington in the 1961–62 season.<ref name=NB/> Following 120 league appearances and 60 goals for Darlington, he scored in his last game for the club, a 2–1 defeat of Swindon Town in the League Cup on 22 September 1965; shortly afterwards he was transferred to Swindon in exchange for Alan Sproates and £8,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/archive/2003/01/18/The+North+East+Archive/7046037.Class_of__66_reunited_at_Fortress_Feethams/ |title=Class of '66 reunited at Fortress Feethams |work=The Northern Echo |date=18 January 2003 |accessdate=2012-04-06}}</ref><ref name=Darlo>{{cite web |url=http://www.darlington-fc.net/page/FormerPlayers/0,,10339~1013162,00.html |title=Alan Sproates – 1965–1974 |publisher=Darlington F.C. |date=18 May 2007 |accessdate=2009-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118201038/http://www.darlington-fc.net/page/FormerPlayers/0,,10339~1013162,00.html |archive-date=18 November 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, he only managed 11 league appearances at Swindon in an 18-month stay,<ref name=STFC>{{cite web |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=LAWTONJA |title=Jimmy Lawton |work=Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk |accessdate=2009-07-13}}</ref> and after a short stay at Watford, where he played 13 league games, he returned to Darlington in the 1967–68 season. In his second spell he made 22 league appearances and scored 3 goals before retiring through injury.<ref name=NB/>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawton, Jimmy}} Category:Living people Category:1942 births Category:Footballers from Middlesbrough Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players Category:Darlington F.C. players Category:Swindon Town F.C. players Category:Watford F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:English men's footballers