# Louis Bimpson

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{{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](/source/Rainford), England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|11|13|1929|5|14}}
| death_place = 
| height = 
| position = [Striker](/source/Striker_(association_football))
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1951–1953
| clubs1 = [Burscough](/source/Burscough_F.C.)
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1953–1959
| clubs2 = [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.)
| caps2 = 93
| goals2 = 39
| years3 = 1959–1961
| clubs3 = [Blackburn Rovers](/source/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C.)
| caps3 = 22
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 1961
| clubs4 = [Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic](/source/Bournemouth_%26_Boscombe_Athletic_F.C.)
| caps4 = 11
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1961–1963
| clubs5 = [Rochdale](/source/Rochdale_A.F.C.)
| caps5 = 54
| goals5 = 16
| years6 = 1963–1964
| clubs6 = [Wigan Athletic](/source/Wigan_Athletic_F.C.)
| caps6 = 5
| goals6 = 2
}}

'''James Louis Bimpson''' (14 May 1929 – 13 November 2021) was an English [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [striker](/source/striker_(association_football)) for [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.) during the 1950s.

==Life and playing career==
Born in [Rainford](/source/Rainford), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire) (now in [Merseyside](/source/Merseyside)) in May 1929, Bimpson played for [Burscough](/source/Burscough_F.C.) 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](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref>

Bimpson went on to play for [Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic](/source/Bournemouth_%26_Boscombe_Athletic_F.C.) and [Rochdale](/source/Rochdale_F.C.) before dropping into non-league football with [Wigan Athletic](/source/Wigan_Athletic_F.C.) in 1963, where he scored twice in five [Cheshire League](/source/Cheshire_County_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](/source/FA_Cup) runner-up: [1959–60](/source/1959%E2%80%9360_FA_Cup)<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]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bimpson, Louis}}
Category:1929 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Category:AFC Bournemouth players
Category:Rochdale A.F.C. players
Category:Wigan Athletic F.C. players
Category:People from Rainford
Category:Footballers from Merseyside
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
Category:English Football League players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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