James Connor (1 June 1909 – 8 May 1980) was a

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who played for

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and the

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as an

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. He was born in

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, Scotland.

Club career

He made his debut for Sunderland against

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on 30 August 1930 in a 3–3 draw at

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. His Sunderland career lasted from 1930 to 1939, although the later years were halted due to a severe injury in 1937, and he never fully recovered. The injury also caused him to miss the 1937 FA Cup Final and he retired in 1939. In total, he had made 254 league appearances for Sunderland, scoring 49 goals. Jimmy Connor was one of the stars of our last title winning team in 1936.

International career

Connor won his first cap for

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on 18 May 1930 in a 2–0 victory over

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. He won 3 further caps for his country from 1930 to 1934, in total with four caps and no goals. In the two years between 1930 and 1932 when the Football League restricted non-English players from representing their country, he was the only Anglo-Scot to play a game for Scotland when the Scotland game clashed with Football League fixtures. He played in the 3-1 defeat of

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on 19 September 1931.

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* 1909 births 1980 deaths Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Sunderland A.F.C. players Men's association football wingers Footballers from Renfrew St Mirren F.C. players English Football League players Glasgow Perthshire F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scotland men's junior international footballers 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-forward-1900s-stub