Jimmy Lawson | |
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 Lawson in action as a golfer, 1930s | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 March 1886 Panbride, Scotland |
| Died |
2 September 1962 (aged 76) Nassau, Bahamas |
James Samson Lawson (26 March 1886 – 2 September 1962) was a Scottish who played as a right back, primarily for Dundee ,[2] before moving to the United States to be a professional golfer.
Career[]
He was part of the Dundee squad which won the Scottish Cup in 1910[3] and was selected to play for the Scottish Football League XI in 1912.[4] After a one-year spell at Airdrieonians he quit the game in 1914 and moved to the United States to become a professional golfer,[1] also remaining involved in football as a player with New Bedford Whalers and Bethlehem Steel,[5] and as a coach for the Steel and at Lehigh University.[6]
Over a long career he was a golf club manufacturer, and a country club pro in Chicago, Flint, Texas and Indianapolis, before retiring to Florida.[1][6] He also served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I and in the U.S. Army in World War II.[1]
Personal life[]
Jimmy Lawson was born to George, a farmer who also worked as a gardener and draper, and Elizabeth "Betsy" (nee Will), a domestic worker. Two of his brothers, Fred Reid Lawson (1888–1954)[7] and Herbert Charles "Heb" Lawson (1892–1930)[8] also moved to America to play golf professionally.[9] Herbert also briefly played football at Bethlehem Steel.[10]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Hawthorns Series (page 10), Robert Bradley and Douglas Gorman, Scottish Sport History, October 1914
- ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
- ↑ Kenny Ross. "1910 - Scottish Cup". Dundee F.C.. https://dundeefc.co.uk/club/history/our-triumphs/1910-scottish-cup/. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ↑ (SFL player) Jimmy Lawson, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ↑ Soccer, The Globe - South Bethlehem, 2 February 1915, via Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 James S Lawson, Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland
- ↑ Fred Lawson, Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland
- ↑ Herbert Lawson, Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland
- ↑ The Amazing Carnoustie Oakmont Connection, David Gould, The A Position, 2011
- ↑ Soccer, The Globe - South Bethlehem, 3 March 1916, via Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club
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