fullname years death_place youthyears clubs caps goals position birth_date article_title name
james cannon -- 1955 1955 -- 1956 1956 -- 1957 1948 -- 1951 1951 -- 1954 1954 -- airdrie , scotland -- dunfermline athletic st. johnstone kettering town albion rovers darlington 70 25 4 12 0 27 7 1 1 inside forward 19 march 1927 jim cannon -lrb- footballer , born 1927 -rrb-
 jim cannon
jim cannon -lrb- footballer , born 1927 -rrb-

james `` jim '' cannon -lrb- 19 march 1927 -- 26 january 1991 -rrb- , also known as jimmy cannon , was a scottish footballer who made 99 appearances in the scottish football league for dunfermline athletic , with whom he played on the losing side in the 1949 scottish league cup final , st. johnstone and albion rovers , and 12 appearances in the english football league for darlington .
an inside forward , he began his career with blantyre victoria , and also played for english southern league club kettering town , for whom he scored five times from 21 appearances in all competitions .
dunfermline teammate willie mcseveney described him as `` one of the cleverest footballers that i have ever seen in my life .
he was the guy who invented dummies , he let the ball go through his legs , things like that . ''
