Jimmy Forrest
Defender, Football player
1864 – 1925
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Who was Jimmy Forrest?
James Henry Forrest was an English footballer whose career spanned the transition from amateurism to professionalism in English football in the 1880s and 1890s. He played most of his club career for Blackburn Rovers, whose early embracing of professionalism enabled them to become one of the major teams in English football, and with whom he appeared on the winning side in five FA Cup finals. He was the first professional player to appear for England for whom he made eleven appearances, as a half-back.
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- Born
- Jun 24, 1864
Blackburn - Nationality
- England
- Lived in
- Blackburn
- Died
- Dec 30, 1925
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on July 23, 2013
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