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Jim Beardall
Personal information
Full name James Thomas Beardall
Date of birth (1946-10-18)18 October 1946
Place of birth Heywood, Greater Manchester, England
Date of death 13 February 2014(2014-02-13) (aged 67)
Place of death Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Whitefield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1963 Bury
Prestwich United
1964–1967 Bury
1967–1969 Blackburn Rovers 6 (1)
1969–1970 Oldham Athletic 22 (10)
1970–1973 Great Harwood
1973 Radcliffe
1973–1976 Great Harwood
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Thomas Beardall (18 October 1946 – 13 February 2014) was an English footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Club career

Born in Heywood, Greater Manchester, Beardall started his career with boyhood club Bury as an amateur, rejecting a trial at Manchester United in favour of the club he supported.[2]

He continued as an amateur before playing for Blackburn Rovers and Oldham Athletic as a professional.[2]

Personal life

Beardall passed away in 2014, after suffering with dementia.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Jim Beardall". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ^ a b c "Player Archive". brfcs.com. Retrieved 13 May 2022.