James Adams (17 August 1864 – 21 April 1943) was a Scottish
footballer
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who played for
Heart of Midlothian,
Everton and
Scotland.
He started his senior career with Hearts, and won the
Scottish Cup with the club in
1891
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(their first major trophy and the first time the competition had been won by a team from the Scottish capital). He played in England for Everton for two seasons from 1894 to 1896, before playing one more season for Hearts in
1896–97 and finishing with a short spell at
St Bernard's.
Adams won three caps for
Scotland, spread across four years. In an era when representative matches between cities and regions were frequent, he was selected for Edinburgh / East of Scotland on more than a dozen occasions.
Adams once deliberately
handled the ball
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to prevent a
goal from being scored (against
East Stirlingshire
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during Hearts' 1891 cup run), and the outcry resulting from this incident led to the introduction of the
penalty kick.
London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 14 March 2022 After retiring as a player, Adams became a football referee
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. He later emigrated to the United States where he worked as a mason
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, and died in New Jersey in 1943.
References
External links
*
International stats
at londonhearts.com
at londonhearts.com
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1864 births
1943 deaths
Footballers from Edinburgh
Association football defenders
Scottish footballers
Scotland international footballers
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Everton F.C. players
St Bernard's F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
Scottish football referees
Scottish Football League representative players
Scottish emigrants to the United States