# Jimmy Paterson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Paterson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Paterson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Paterson > Source revision: 1341608632 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Scottish doctor and footballer}} {{Other people|James Paterson|James Paterson (disambiguation){{!}}James Paterson}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Jimmy Paterson | image= | fullname= James Alexander Paterson | height= {{height|ft=5|in=6+1/2}}{{cite news |title=First Division prospects. Arsenal |author=The Vagrant |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=22 August 1921 |page=5}} | position= [Outside left](/source/Forward_(association_football)) | birth_date= 9 May 1891 | birth_place= [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea%2C_London), England | death_date= {{death date and age|1959|08|31|1891|05|09|df=y}} | death_place= [Newmilns](/source/Newmilns), Scotland | youthyears1= | youthclubs1= [Queen's Park](/source/Queen's_Park_F.C.) | youthyears2= | youthclubs2= | years1= 1910–1916 | clubs1= [Rangers](/source/Rangers_F.C.) | caps1= 120 | goals1= 27 | years2= 1919–1920 |clubs2= [Rangers](/source/Rangers_F.C.) | caps2= 36 | goals2= 11 |years3= 1920–1924 |clubs3= [Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_F.C.) | caps3= 69 | goals3= 0 | years4= 1926 |clubs4= [Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_F.C.) | caps4= 1 | goals4= 1 | totalcaps = 226 | totalgoals = 39 |nationalyears1= 1921 |nationalteam1= [Football League XI](/source/Football_League_XI) |nationalcaps1= 1 |nationalgoals1= 0 }} '''James Alexander Paterson''' [MC](/source/Military_Cross) (9 May 1891 – 31 August 1959) was a Scottish doctor and [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as an [outside left](/source/Forward_(association_football)). ==Life and career== Born in [London](/source/London) but brought up in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), Paterson was on the books of both [Rangers](/source/Rangers_F.C.) and [Queen's Park](/source/Queen's_Park_F.C.) as an amateur, whilst training as a doctor. He won the [Scottish Football League](/source/Scottish_Football_League) championship with Rangers in [1912–13](/source/1912%E2%80%9313_Scottish_Division_One) and a [Glasgow Cup](/source/Glasgow_Cup) the following season and played regularly until graduating in 1916.[http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/player.php?playerid=1733 Rangers player Paterson, James], FitbaStats With [World War I](/source/World_War_I) in full effect, he joined the [London Scottish Regiment](/source/London_Scottish_Regiment) and served as a medical officer, winning the [Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross) for his bravery in action in France in 1917.[http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/paterson_ja.html Major James Alexander Paterson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616004447/http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/paterson_ja.html |date=16 June 2020 }}, Scotland's War After the war ended, Paterson was posted to a Scottish hospital and played one further season with Rangers in [1919–20](/source/1919%E2%80%9320_Scottish_Division_One) (making a surprise but successful return despite being overweight and untrained), winning the championship for a second time.{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}} He moved to London to share a medical practice in [Clapton](/source/Clapton%2C_London) with his brother-in-law, John L. Scott, who was also the [Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_F.C.) team doctor.[https://blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/archives/10425 Dr Jimmy Paterson: unravelling a curious tale and pack of lies], The History of Arsenal, 5 June 2014 Paterson was persuaded to sign for Arsenal as an amateur and made his debut on the left wing against [Derby County](/source/Derby_County_F.C.) on 30 October 1920. Paterson became a regular fixture in the Arsenal side that season, and even played for the English [Football League XI](/source/Football_League_XI) against the [Scottish Football League XI](/source/Scottish_Football_League_XI) (he had been ineligible to represent Scotland due to his birthplace under the rules of the time). He was out the side in [1921–22](/source/1921%E2%80%9322_in_English_football), before returning to play over 20 games in both the [1922–23](/source/1922%E2%80%9323_in_English_football) and [1923–24](/source/1923%E2%80%9324_in_English_football) seasons.{{cite web|url =http://thearsenalhistory.com/stat/aftlu.htm|title=Arsenal First Team Line-Ups |website=The Arsenal History|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025259/http://thearsenalhistory.com/stat/aftlu.htm|accessdate=16 June 2020}} While he was not paid as a professional, some valuable gifts were bestowed on him during his career including a silver tea service from Rangers and a piano from Arsenal. An anecdote by the ''[Times](/source/The_Times)'' columnist [Brian Glanville](/source/Brian_Glanville) recounted how once, when given a bunch of [daffodil](/source/daffodil)s by a girl in the crowd for one match, Paterson played on the wing with them in his hand for several minutes before finding a place to put them.{{cite news | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-2168432.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20110604071714/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-2168432.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 June 2011 | work=The Times | title=Future is bright after farewell to Highbury | author=Glanville, Brian | accessdate=16 October 2006 | location=London | date=7 May 2006}} He retired from football in the summer of 1924 to concentrate on his medical practice, only to make a surprise return to the Arsenal side two years later after being persuaded by [Herbert Chapman](/source/Herbert_Chapman). Against [Newcastle United](/source/Newcastle_United_F.C.) on 13 February 1926, he scored his only ever league goal, in a 3–0 win, and he then played in three FA Cup ties against [Aston Villa](/source/Aston_Villa) (twice, scoring in the replay) and [Swansea Town](/source/Swansea_City_F.C.). In all he made 77 appearances for Arsenal, scoring two goals. Paterson continued to work in medical practice until his retirement in the 1950s. He died of a heart attack in 1959, aged 68.{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/top-football-stories/dr-jimmy-paterson-the-good-doctor-of-rangers-and-arsenal-1-2912036 |title=Dr Jimmy Paterson: The good doctor of Rangers and Arsenal |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Publishing |first=Andy |last=Mitchell |date=27 April 2013 |accessdate=27 April 2013}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ;Sources *{{cite book | last=Harris|first=Jeff|editor-last=Hogg|editor-first=Tony | title=Arsenal Who's Who | publisher=Independent UK Sports | year=1995 | isbn=1-899429-03-4 }} *{{cite book | author=Joy, Bernard | title=Forward Arsenal! | publisher=Phoenix House | year=1952 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Paterson, Jimmy}} Category:1891 births Category:1959 deaths Category:Military personnel from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Category:London Scottish officers Category:British Army personnel of World War I Category:Recipients of the Military Cross Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:20th-century Scottish medical doctors Category:Men's association football wingers Category:People educated at Bellahouston Academy Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow Category:Rangers F.C. players Category:Queen's Park F.C. players Category:Arsenal F.C. players Category:Footballers from Glasgow Category:Footballers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Category:Scottish Football League players Category:English Football League players Category:English Football League representative players Category:Anglo-Scots Category:People from Newmilns Category:People from Chelsea, London Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jimmy Paterson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Paterson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Paterson?action=history)). 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