Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Arthur Adams [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 2 August 1937||
Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England [1] | ||
Date of death | 30 December 2005[2] | (aged 68)||
Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1956–1960 | Port Vale | 1 | (0) |
1960–1961 | Crewe Alexandra | 0 | (0) |
1961–1963 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | (0) |
Total | 46 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Arthur Adams (2 August 1937 – 30 December 2005) was an English footballer who played at full-back for Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra and Macclesfield Town from 1956 to 1963.
Adams spent his youth with Wolverhampton Wanderers, before he returned to his hometown of Stoke-on-Trent to sign for Freddie Steele's Port Vale in May 1956. [1] [3] There he was converted from a wing-half position to play at full-back. [3] His only appearance for the club came in a Third Division South clash at Brentford's Griffin Park on 26 April 1958, Vale losing 4–1. [1] He was released from Vale Park by manager Norman Low in May 1960 and later joined Crewe Alexandra. [1] He did not feature in a senior game for the "Railwaymen", and in February 1961 joined Macclesfield Town in the Cheshire County League. [3] He actually made his first-team debut for the "Silkmen" against Crewe Alexandra Reserves in a Cheshire Senior Cup match on 4 February. [3] He made 46 league and 12 cup appearances, before a re-occurrence of an old knee injury forced his retirement in October 1963. During his time at Macclesfield he was employed as a draughtsman at ROF Radway Green at Radway Green. [3]
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Port Vale | 1957–58 | Third Division South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Macclesfield Town | 1961–63 | Cheshire County League | ||||||
Total | 46 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
Career total | 47 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 59 | 0 |