James Nodwell Kirkpatrick was a Scottish professional

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who played 40 games in the

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for

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club has played ...

in the 1920s. An

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, he also played for Dumfries and

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. They have played their ho ...

Career

Kirkpatrick was born in

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; ; from ) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the Counties of Scotland, ...

, and played for hometown club, Dumfries F.C., one of the three clubs that merged in 1919 to form Queen of the South. He moved to England in 1911 to play for

, then a Southern League club. He made 187 appearances for the club in all competitions either side of the First World War. Kirkpatrick played in Argyle's first game in the Football League, as the Southern League Division One clubs were absorbed to form the

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for the 1920–21 season. The last of his 40 appearances in that competition came in 1924, and he then joined

, still a Southern League club.

References

Year of birth missing Year of death missing Scottish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Southern Football League players English Football League players Place of death missing Footballers from Dumfries {{Scotland-footy-forward-stub