James Bellingham (footballer)

James Bellingham (9 April 1877 – 1 October 1955) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League for Grimsby Town.^[1][3][4] During his second spell with Southern League club Brentford, he took on the role of the club's secretary while secretary-manager Dick Molyneux was ill.^[5][6]

James Bellingham

Bellingham while with Brentford in 1903
Personal information
Full name	James Bellingham[1]
Date of birth	9 April 1877
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death	1 October 1955(1955-10-01) (aged 78)
Place of death	Harrow, England[2]
Position(s)	Centre half
Youth career
	Falkirk Excelsior
	Falkirk Hawthorne
	Woodbine Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1898–1900	Falkirk	12	(2)
1900–1901	Queens Park Rangers	15	(0)
1901–1903	Grimsby Town	4	(0)
1903–1905	Brentford	38	(1)
1905	Willesden Town
1905–1906	Brentford	4	(0)
1906–1914	Tunbridge Wells Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Bellingham was the cousin of fellow Falkirk footballer Thomas Bellingham.^[7] At the time of the 1901 United Kingdom census, Bellingham was a lodger at an address in Willesden along with Queens Park Rangers teammate Sandy Newbigging.^[8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Queens Park Rangers	1900–01[9]	Southern League First Division	15	0	2	0	17	0
Brentford	1903–04[3]	Southern League First Division	27	1	5	0	32	1
	1904–05[3]		11	0	0	0	11	0
	Total		38	1	5	0	43	1
Brentford	1905–06[3]	Southern League First Division	4	0	—		4	0
	Total		42	1	5	0	47	1
Career total			57	1	7	0	64	1

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 24. ISBN 978-1905891610.
2. Bellingham, James, of South Harrow, Middlesex; England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995
3. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 357–358. ISBN 0951526200.
4. "Falkirk Football Club Players between 1877/78 &1901/02". www.falkirk-football-history.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
5. White 1989, p. 86.
6. "The Football Association – Season 1905–06 – Summary Of Professional Registrations". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
7. "Falkirk FC Graves – Thomas Bellingham". www.falkirk-football-history.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
8. "Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901". Retrieved 20 February 2022 – via Ancestry UK.
9. "Seasonal Stats – 1900–01". QPRnet. Retrieved 27 December 2018.