James Adam (13 May 1931 – 26 September 2008) was a Scottish

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who played in

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for

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...

and

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

Career

Born in

Blantyre Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, L ...

, Adam began his career with local youth club Blantyre Celtic before moving south to English club

Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...

in 1950. However, the young Adam was only able to make a single league appearance for the club during the 1950–51 season and then left and joined non-league

Spennymoor United Spennymoor United Association Football Club was an association football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, England. History Spennymoor United Association Football Club was formed in 1904 as an amalgamation of Spennymoor Town and Weardale ...

. In 1953, Adam signed for

, where he made 138 appearances during a six-year spell in which he helped the club gain promotion to the First Division in 1954–55. By the time of Luton's

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from the First Division in 1960, Adam had joined

, where he spent two seasons before signing for

where he spent the 1961–62 season scoring seven goals in 24 appearances before returning to Scotland with

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

. He later emigrated to Australia, where he played for

South Melbourne Hellas South Melbourne Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in suburb of Albert Park, in Melbourne, Victoria. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, with matches played at Lakeside Stadium. ...

Death

Adam died in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

on 26 September 2008, at the age of 77.

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Aston Villa Player Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adam, Jimmy 1931 births 2008 deaths Men's association football midfielders Scottish men's footballers Aldershot F.C. players Spennymoor United A.F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players South Melbourne FC players English Football League players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia Footballers from South Lanarkshire People from Blantyre, South Lanarkshire