James Brogan

Who is James Brogan?

James Brogan was a Scottish footballer who played for the majority of his career at Bolton Wanderers. He played mostly as an inside-left or outside-left.

Having started his career in the amateur game with his local club Beith, he signed for Hibernian in 1883. He scored six goals on his senior debut for the club, in a 10–1 Scottish Cup win against Edina. He was then signed by Hibernian's Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts.

Brogan then moved to Bolton Wanderers from Hearts, after the Scottish club had toured Lancashire. Signing for Bolton in December 1884, he scored in Bolton's first ever Football League game, a 6–3 defeat to Derby County.

When he lost his place in the Bolton team in 1892, he left football and went to work in the shipyards, eventually retiring at the age of 85.