Jimmy Delaney

Infobox Football biography
playername = Jimmy Delaney


fullname = James Delaney
dateofbirth = birth date|1914|9|3|df=y
cityofbirth = Cleland
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath = death date and age|1989|9|26|1914|9|3|df=y
cityofdeath = Cleland
countryofdeath = Scotland
position = Outside right
height = convert|5|ft|8|in|m|2|abbr=on
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1933-1946
1946-1950
1950-1951
1951-1954
1954-1955
1955-1956
1956-1957
clubs = Celtic
Manchester United
Aberdeen
Falkirk
Derry City
Cork Athletic
Elgin City
caps(goals) = 305 0(?)
164 (25)
031 0(7)
nationalyears = 1935-1948
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 015 0(6)
manageryears = 1955-1956
managerclubs = Cork Athletic

James "Jimmy" Delaney (3 September 1914 – 26 September 1989) was a Scottish football player who enjoyed a 24-year playing career.

Born in Cleland, North Lanarkshire, Delaney joined Celtic on provisional forms in 1933 from Stoneyburn Juniors, signing a permanent contract the following year.cite book | last = Lamming | first = Douglas | title = A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who’s Who, 1872-1986 | format = Hardback | publisher = Hutton Press | year = 1987 | id = (ISBN 0-907033-47-4) ] He spent thirteen years with the Glasgow club, making 305 appearances.

In 1946 Delaney signed for Matt Busby's Manchester United in a £4,000 deal. He would help United win the 1948 FA Cup and finish his United career with 28 goals. He moved back to Scotland at the age of 36, joining Aberdeen in November 1950 and making his "Dons" debut in a 5-1 defeat of Falkirk. A year later he joined the "Bairns", where he spent three seasons. In January 1954, Derry City paid £1,500 to sign him, a record fee for the Irish Football League, remarkable in that he was by this stage 39 years old. Two years later he joined Cork Athletic as player-manager before eventually retiring after a season with Highland League Elgin City in 1957.

Delaney has the distinction of having won the Scottish Cup with Celtic in 1937, the English FA Cup with Manchester United in 1948, and the Irish Cup with Derry City in 1954. He also came close to a fourth different Cup in the Republic of Ireland, earning a runners-up medal with Cork Athletic in 1956. He won 15 caps for Scotland and scored 6 goals. In recent years a biography "Jimmy Delaney - The Stuff of Legend" written by David Potter and published by Breedon Books has become available..cite book | last = Potter | first = David | title = Jimmy Delaney - The Stuff of Legend | format = Hardback | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | id = (ISBN 1-859834-96-5) ]

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