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James Cook
Personal information
Full name James B. Cook
Date of birth 10 September 1885 [1]
Place of birth Kilbirnie, Scotland [1]
Date of death 1 December 1971(1971-12-01) (aged 86) [2]
Place of death River Forest, United States
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
1906–1908 Grimsby Town 8 (0)
1908–1909 Plymouth Argyle 15 (0)
1909 Hull City 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James B. Cook (10 September 1885 – 1 December 1971) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger. [3]

Playing career

Cook played for various Scottish clubs before moving south in 1906 to sign with Grimsby Town of the Football League Second Division. [4] He played eight games for the "Mariners" and then signed with Plymouth Argyle in 1908 alongside teammate Tommy Hakin. [1] [5] He made his debut on 16 September 1908, in a 1–0 victory over Brentford at Home Park. [1] He played fifteen games in the 1908–09 season, ten times in the Southern League Division One and five times in the Western League Division One. [1] He was described by the Argyle handbook as "speedy, dashing and able to centre with accuracy", but was released at the end of the campaign. [1]

Personal life

Cook emigrated to the United States in August 1909, [6] settling in Chicago where he worked for General Motors. He later founded and served as President of the Kloster Steel Corporation. [7] He died on 1 December 1971 after suffering a heart attack while driving his car which then collided with a tree in River Forest, Illinois. [2] Cook was pronounced dead on arrival at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital. [8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "GoS-DB Players". www.greensonscreen.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "James B. Cook". Chicago Tribune. 3 December 1971. Sect. 2, p. 20. Retrieved 7 February 2022 – via Newspapers com.
  3. ^ James Cook at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 28. ISBN  0-907033-34-2.
  5. ^ "Grimsby Town". Cricket and Football Field. 22 August 1908. p. 4. Retrieved 18 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Saturday's Sports". Scottish Referee. 30 August 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 18 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "United States Tour 1954". www.greensonscreen.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Steel Chief Dies". Chicago Tribune. 2 December 1971. Sect. 3, p. 12. Retrieved 7 February 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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