{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1894–1916)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jimmy Morton | fullname = James Morton<ref name="CWGC" /> | birth_date = 19 January 1894 | birth_place = Cambuslang, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|1916|7|1|1894|1|19|df=y}}<ref name="CWGC" /> | death_place = Sausage Redoubt, France | position = Inside left | years1 = 1914–1915 | clubs1 = Kilmarnock | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1914–1915 | clubs2 = → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 = }} '''James Morton''' (19 January 1894 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock as an inside left.<ref name="Litster">{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}</ref>
== Personal life == Morton served as a private in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War and was killed in the attack on the Sausage Redoubt on the first day on the Somme.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Private James Morton |url=https://lochnagarcrater.org/docs/16/morton-19995.pdf |access-date=21 July 2018 |website=Lochnagar Crater}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=McCrae's Battalion and Dunfermline |url=https://dafc.co.uk/story.php?t=McCrae%60s_Battalion_and_Dunfermline&ID=9395 |access-date=21 July 2018 |website=Dunfermline Athletic Football Club |language=en}}</ref> He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.<ref name="CWGC">{{CWGC|id=1546126|accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref>
== 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" |Scottish Cup ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |Kilmarnock |1914–15<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kilmarnock Player James Morton Details |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/kilmarnock/player.php?playerid=7104 |access-date=21 July 2018 |website=www.fitbastats.com}}</ref> |Scottish First Division |4 |0 | colspan="2" |— |4 |0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !4 !0 !0 !0 !4 !0 |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morton, Jimmy}} Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Royal Scots soldiers Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Men's association football inside forwards Category:Kilmarnock F.C. players Category:McCrae's Battalion Category:Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Category:Footballers from Cambuslang Category:British Army personnel of World War I Category:British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme Category:1894 births Category:1916 deaths Category:Military personnel from South Lanarkshire Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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