Jimmy Seddon is a footballer who played most famously in the centre of defence for Bolton Wanderers during the 1920s.

Jimmy started his career with a local amateur team Hamilton Central, and it was in 1913 when at a train station he was asked to play for Bolton Wanderers Reserves as they were a man short. He accepted the offer but despite playing 7 games for the clubs first team that season and the next it was not until 1919 after the end of World War I

World War I

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 despite contacting the infamous trench foot

Trench foot

Trench foot is a medical condition caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp, unsanitary, and cold conditions. It is one of many immersion foot syndromes...

 when serving during the war, that Jimmy properly signed for the club and became a professional.

Jimmy went on to have a long and prosperous career with the Wanderers playing 375 games in all completions, scoring 5 goals, he also collected 3 FA Cup Winners Medals in 1923, 1926 and 1929, captaining the team in the 1929 final. At the peak of his career Jimmy also picked up 6 caps for England

England national football team

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, making his debut in 1923 against France

France national football team

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 in Paris

Paris

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Jimmy retired at the end of the 1931-32 season and went into coaching, he coached at Dordrecht

Dordrecht

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 in Holland and Altringham in the lower leagues before becoming Southport’s trainer in 1936. Jimmy retired from the game a few years later were he became manager of the Scarisbrick Hotel in Southport

Southport

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. He died in October 1971, aged 76.