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James "Jimmy" Harris (born 18 August 1933 in Birkenhead, Cheshire) is a former English professional footballer who played as a forward for Everton and Birmingham City in the First Division. The strengths of his game were his pace and a clear eye for goal. ==Biography== Harris made his debut for Everton, replacing Dave Hickson, in 1955 and finished his debut season as the club's top scorer with 21 goals in all competitions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Gallery of Players Signed Between 1950 – 1959 )〕 He was also capped for England under-23 that season, scoring in a 3–1 win against Scotland under-23 at Hillsborough in February 1956. When moved to outside-right on Hickson's return in 1957 he was able to use his pace and still kept scoring. The following season, 1957–58, he scored a hat-trick away at Tottenham Hotspur only for Everton to lose 10–4.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Memorable Matches )〕 In 1960, having scored 72 goals in 207 appearances in all competitions for Everton,〔 Harris was sold to Birmingham City for a fee of £20,000. He was the club's top scorer in each of his first two seasons at Birmingham City, and in four years scored 53 goals in 113 games in all competitions.〔 He played in their Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61 campaign when they reached the final against A.S. Roma, and was largely responsible for them getting that far. In the semi-final against Inter Milan he scored three times, including the first goal of the 2–1 win at the San Siro, the only time Inter had lost at home to an English club until Arsenal repeated the feat over forty years later. He also won his only major medal when he played on the winning side in the 1963 Football League Cup Final. After leaving Birmingham he moved on to Oldham Athletic.Harris signed for St Patrick's Athletic on 19 October 1966 (). and made his debut that night in a League of Ireland Shield game against Shamrock Rovers. In his second Shield game he got his first goal for Pats which sealed the club's participation in the following season's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. He made his League of Ireland debut on the opening day of the 1966–67 League of Ireland season at Waterford. His first league goal came in November against Dundalk (). In three months at Richmond Park, Harris scored 3 goals in 8 total appearances. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmy Harris (footballer, born 1933)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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