Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 January 1882 | ||
Place of birth | Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 4 September 1922 | (aged 40)||
Place of death | Hurlford, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Right half | ||
Youth career | |||
Dean Park | |||
Kilmarnock Rugby XI | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
– | Stewarton [1] | ||
– | Kilmarnock Shawbank | ||
1901–1902 | Barrow | ||
1902–1903 | Bristol Rovers | ||
1903–1917 | Celtic | 392 | (15) |
International career | |||
1904–1911 | Scottish League XI | 6 | (0) |
1906 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Young (10 January 1882 – 4 September 1922) [1] was a Scottish football player, best known for playing as a right half for the highly successful Celtic side of the early 1900s. Young helped Celtic to win fifteen major trophies in total, comprising nine league championships and six Scottish Cups. [1] [2] His career was ended by a knee injury suffered in 1916. [1]
Young made one appearance for the Scotland national football team, against Ireland in 1906. [1] He also represented the Scottish League XI six times. [3]
He died in a motorcycle accident in his native Ayrshire, aged 40. [1]
In October 2013, a biography "Sunny Jim Young - Celtic Legend" written by David W. Potter was published.