Jimmy McCormick

Who was Jimmy McCormick?

James "Jimmy" McCormick was an English professional footballer who played 23 games in the Football League for Sheffield United, and 269 in the Southern League for Plymouth Argyle. He played as a right half.

McCormick was born in Rotherham. He joined Sheffield United from local football in the Sheffield area. On leaving the club in 1907, he played in the Southern League and the Western League for Plymouth Argyle. He made a brief return to Sheffield United before the 1910–11 season, but played only once before resuming his Argyle career in December 1910. He remained with the club until the League was suspended for the duration of the First World War. McCormick joined the 17th Middlesex Battalion, the Footballers' Battalion, in January 1915 and was promoted to Sergeant soon after enlisting. The battalion went to France in November 1915, where McCormick was wounded the following year by shrapnel in his forehead during the Battle of the Somme. McCormick carried a wounded comrade whose legs had been shattered, who guided him the wrong way down a trench and they were captured. He was taken to a prisoner of war camp in Saxony.