James Pearson

English footballer (1905-1962)

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Also known as James Stevens Pearson

Born: 1905
Died: January 24, 1962
Birthplace: Heywood
Place of death: Blackpool
Citizenship: United Kingdom
, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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James Stevens Pearson was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. He was born in Heywood, Lancashire, and began his career in non-League football with his hometown club in the early 1920s. In April 1925, Pearson joined Football League Third Division North side Nelson, initially as an amateur, although he was offered a professional contract in September of the same year. He made his debut for Nelson on 3 October 1925 in the 0–1 defeat away at Coventry City and appeared in the following five matches, but then spent the majority of the 1925–26 season in the reserve team. During the 1926–27 campaign, Pearson was more involved in first-team activities and appeared in more than half of Nelson's league fixtures, although he was never able to properly displace club captain Clem Rigg from the left-back berth. He returned to the reserves for the 1927–28 season, making only seven senior appearances. Following a disappointing campaign in which the team finished bottom of the division, Nelson retained only six of their professional squad in the summer of 1928, and Pearson was one of several players to leave the club.

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Given name: James
Sport: association football
Position played on team / speciality: defender
Member of sports team: Heywood F.C.
Runcorn F.C. Halton(since 1932)
Newark Town F.C.(1929–1932)
Ashton United F.C.(1928–1929) number of matches played/races/starts: 30 · number of points/goals/set scored: 0
Nelson F.C.(1925–1928) number of matches played/races/starts: 38 · number of points/goals/set scored: 0
Family name: Pearson
Sex or gender: male

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