James Lawrence (16 February 1879 – 21 November 1934) was a Scottish

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player and

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. A

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, he played for

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between 1904 and 1922.

Career

Playing career

Born in

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, Lawrence's first club was Partick Athletic, from where he moved to Glasgow Perthshire. Although still connected to Glasgow Perthshire, he played three matches in 1904 for

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side Hibernian when their regular custodian Harry Rennie was unavailable. He played with Newcastle for eighteen years after joining the

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club in 1904 and still holds the record for making the most appearances for them - 432 league appearances, 496 matches in total. With Newcastle he won the English Championship in 1905, 1907 and 1909, and the

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in 1910, also playing on the losing side in the finals of 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1911. In 1911, he also represented the Scotland national team on one occasion, a 1–1 draw with

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in the

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Management

Lawrence showed an aptitude for administration when acting as chairman of The Players' Union in his later days at Newcastle, and after his playing retirement he moved into management. His first appointment was with then Second Division side

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(1922–23) before joining Preston North End. He stayed with the ''Lilywhites'' until 1925, when he relocated to Germany to manage Karlsruher FV. With this club he won the regional championship of Württemberg/Baden in 1926 and of Baden in 1928, 1929, 1931 and 1932 which qualified the club to participate in the matches for the German football championship. Lawrence later returned to Scotland and in 1933 was elected chairman of

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. He died while in office a year later.

Personal life

He was thought to have been born in 1885, and used this year in his registration documents with Newcastle United, but sports historian Andy Mitchell found that he was in fact born six years earlier (along with a twin sister); this discovery makes him Newcastle United's oldest ever player.

Honours

Player

Newcastle United *

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championship:

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, 1906–07, 1908–09 *

winner:

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**Runner-up:

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January ...

1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...

Manager

Karlsruher FV * Baden regional championship: 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932Germany - Championships 1902-1945
RSSSF

References

External links

Toon 1892: Player Profile - Jimmy Lawrence
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