{{Short description|English footballer (1929–2021)}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Use British English|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Louis Bimpson | image = | fullname = James Louis Bimpson | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1929|5|14}} | birth_place = Rainford, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|11|13|1929|5|14}} | death_place = | height = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1951–1953 | clubs1 = Burscough | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1953–1959 | clubs2 = Liverpool | caps2 = 93 | goals2 = 39 | years3 = 1959–1961 | clubs3 = Blackburn Rovers | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 5 | years4 = 1961 | clubs4 = Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 1961–1963 | clubs5 = Rochdale | caps5 = 54 | goals5 = 16 | years6 = 1963–1964 | clubs6 = Wigan Athletic | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 2 }}
'''James Louis Bimpson''' (14 May 1929 – 13 November 2021) was an English footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool during the 1950s.
==Life and playing career== Born in Rainford, Lancashire (now in Merseyside) in May 1929, Bimpson played for Burscough before Liverpool signed him in 1953.<ref name="George">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2396871/Burscough-gaining-loyalty-dividend.html|title=Burscough gaining loyalty dividend|last=George|first=Ricky|date=25 February 2003|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref>
Bimpson went on to play for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Rochdale before dropping into non-league football with Wigan Athletic in 1963, where he scored twice in five Cheshire League games.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hayes|first=Dean|title=The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C.|year=1996|publisher=Yore Publications|location=Harefield|isbn=1-874427-91-7}}</ref>
Bimpson died on 13 November 2021, at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/448500-rip-louis-bimpson |title=RIP Louis Bimpson|date=15 November 2021|work=Liverpoolfc.com|accessdate=16 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bimpson, Louis |url=https://issuu.com/championnewspapers/docs/wl4721 |access-date=27 November 2021 |publisher=The Champion |date=24 November 2021 |pages=26}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Blackburn Rovers''' *FA Cup runner-up: 1959–60<ref>{{cite book |first1=Leslie |first2=Jack |last1=Vernon |last2=Rollin |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78 |year=1977 |publisher=Brickfield Publications Ltd |location=London |isbn=0354-09018-6 |page=490}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=453 Player profile at LFChistory.net]
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