fullname death_date death_place caps birth_place goals nationalteam position nationalcaps manageryears nationalyears birth_date managerclubs article_title name nationalgoals
james william dickinson 8 november 1982 alton , hampshire , england 764 alton , hampshire , england 9 england left half 48 1977 -- 1979 1949 -- 1956 25 april 1925 portsmouth jimmy dickinson
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jimmy dickinson

james william ` jimmy ' dickinson mbe -lrb- 25 april 1925 -- 8 november 1982 -rrb- was an english football player .
dickinson holds the record for number of league appearances for portsmouth -lrb- 764 -rrb- .
only swindon town 's john trollope -lrb- 770 -rrb- has made more appearances for a single club .
he signed for portsmouth as a trainee and made his debut in 1946 against blackburn rovers settling into the side quickly at either wing-half or left-half , he was part of the team that won successive league championships in 1948 -- 49 and 1949 -- 50 .
his performances earned him a call-up to the england national football team .
he went on to win 48 caps for england , making him portsmouth 's most capped english player of all time .
during his record 845 club appearances for pompey and his 48 england caps he was never once booked or sent off , earning him the nickname `` gentleman jim '' .
awarded the mbe in 1964 , he played his last match for pompey a year later , helping pompey to a 1 -- 1 end-of-season draw at northampton town that secured safety from relegation .
and when he retired from playing , his association with the club continued .
he served pompey as public relations officer and then secretary before accepting the position of manager in may 1977 .
relegation from the third division was avoided , but the next year pompey dropped down a league .
after three heart attacks , dickinson died aged 57 in 1982 .
the famous ` pompey chimes ' rang hauntingly around st mary 's church in fratton at a packed memorial service .
he is buried in alton cemetery .
in 1998 he was included on the list of 100 legends produced to celebrate the centenary of the football league .
dickinson 's image can be seen in the seating in the fratton end stand in fratton park .
in his home town of alton there is a pub named the gentleman jim and dickinson road in portsmouth was named in his honour .
