Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 October 1923 | ||
Place of birth | Swinton, England | ||
Date of death | 27 August 2014 | (aged 90)||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Sheffield Wednesday | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1946–1947 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | (3) |
Gainsborough Trinity | |||
1948–1953 | Ramsgate | ||
1953–1958 | Margate | ||
Managerial career | |||
1968–???? | Stevenage Athletic | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Patrick Briscoe (14 October 1923 – 27 August 2014) [1] was a professional footballer, manager and one of the founding members of Stevenage F.C. [2]
Born in Swinton, West Riding of Yorkshire, Briscoe came through the youth team at Sheffield Wednesday. [3] A centre forward, he scored three goals in five league appearances during the 1946–47 season, but left to join non-League Gainsborough Trinity. [1] He later moved to Kent, playing for Ramsgate and Margate, where he broke the goalscoring record for the Kent League. [1]
In 1968 he became manager of the newly formed Stevenage Athletic and its successor club Stevenage Borough. [2]