fullname years death_date clubs caps birth_place goals nationalteam image_size position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date image article_title name nationalgoals
john george coleman 1901 1910 -- 1911 1911 -- 1914 1914 -- 1915 1920-1921 -- 1902 1902 -- 1908 1908 -- 1910 20 november 1940 northampton tunbridge wells rangers town woolwich arsenal everton sunderland fulham nottingham forest 172 71 32 94 37 37 kettering , northamptonshire , england 79 30 20 45 14 39 england 200px forward 1 1907 26 october 1881 jgtimcoleman.jpg tim coleman
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tim coleman

john george `` tim '' coleman -lrb- 26 october 1881 -- 20 november 1940 -rrb- was an english footballer .
coleman was born in kettering , northamptonshire , and first played for local non-league sides , kettering town and then northampton town in 1901 .
he was signed by second division woolwich arsenal in the summer of 1902 , and immediately became a regular goalscorer for the club .
coleman made his debut against preston north end on 6 september 1902 , and in his first season was top scorer with 17 goals in 30 matches , as arsenal finished third .
the following season he broke his own record and scored 23 goals in 28 games , which along with strike partner tommy shanks ' 25 goals , helped arsenal to second spot and thus promotion to the first division .
coleman found 1905-06 , his first season at the top , tough going -lrb- he only scored five goals -rrb- , but the following season he scored 15 in 34 matches .
coleman 's season was topped with arsenal reaching the fa cup semi-finals -lrb- which they lost to newcastle united -rrb- , and his one and only cap for england , against ireland on 16 february 1907 .
despite their success on the pitch , woolwich arsenal were suffering from financial difficulties , and willingly accepted a bid of # 700 for coleman from everton in february 1908 , near the end of the 1907-08 season .
in total , coleman had played 196 games for arsenal , scoring 84 goals .
coleman was a regular during the two and a half seasons he spent at goodison park , helping the toffees to runners-up spot in 1908-09 , and scoring 30 goals in 71 league appearances .
while at everton , he was notable for being one of the few players , along with most of the manchester united side , to maintain their membership of the players ' union -lrb- the forerunner of the professional footballers ' association -rrb- , in defiance of football association rules .
after a standoff , the fa backed down .
coleman later had spells at sunderland -lrb- 1910 -- 11 -rrb- , fulham -lrb- 1911 -- 14 -rrb- and nottingham forest -lrb- 1914 -- 15 -rrb- .
with the advent of world war i and the suspension of first-class football , coleman retired from the professional game , although he still played in non-league football , most notably for tunbridge wells rangers , finally retiring in 1921 .
he later worked as a coach & manager for maidstone utd , and moved to the netherlands .
he died in november 1940 , at the age of 59 .
