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Jim Tinnion
Personal information
Full name James Tinnion[1]
Date of birth (1904-12-19)19 December 1904[1]
Place of birth Burnopfield,[2] County Durham, England
Date of death 1977 (1978) (aged 72)
Place of death County Durham, England
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Lintz Colliery
1928–1929 Darlington 1 (0)
1929–1930 Huddersfield Town 0 (0)
1930–1931 North Shields
1931–1935 Barrow 120 (8)
1935 Blyth Spartans
1935–193? Horden Colliery Welfare
West Stanley
Horden Colliery Welfare
Chopwell Institute
Hexham
Annfield Plain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Tinnion (19 December 1904 – 1977) was an English footballer who made 121 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half for Darlington and Barrow. He was on the books of Huddersfield Town without representing them in the league. He also played non-league football in the north-east of England for clubs including Lintz Colliery, North Shields, Blyth Spartans, Horden Colliery Welfare, West Stanley, Chopwell Institute, Hexham and Annfield Plain between 1927 and 1938.

Life and career

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Tinnion was born in Burnopfield, County Durham, in 1904.[1] He grew into a big man: at the age of 30, he was described as "standing over 6 ft (1.83 m) in height, and weighing 13 stone (83 kg)".[3]

He played non-league football for Lintz Colliery[2] before joining Darlington of the Third Division North on amateur forms in 1927–28. He turned professional at the end of that season,[4] but made only one senior appearance, replacing regular centre-half Jimmy Waugh for the league visit to Doncaster Rovers on 29 March 1929, which Darlington lost 3–1.[5] In May 1929, Tinnion and team-mate Reg Mountford signed for First Division club Huddersfield Town.[6] The Athletic News noted in its season preview that "with three centre half-backs on the books ... there should be ample choice for that position",[7] and the competition proved too much. Without making a single first-team appearance, Tinnion departed Huddersfield on a free transfer,[8] and signed for North Shields of the North-Eastern League.[9]

In August 1931, Tinnion returned to the Third Division North with Barrow. He made 27 appearances in his first season, and continued as a first-team regular, taking his total to 129 in all competitions over his four-year stay.[1]

Tinnion began the 1935–36 season with Blyth Spartans, but his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in mid-September so that he could join another North-Eastern League team, Horden Colliery Welfare.[10][3] Over the next three seasons he had spells with West Stanley, Chopwell Institute, Hexham,[1] for whom he was playing by January 1937,[11] and Annfield Plain.[1]

Tinnion died in 1977;[1] his death at the age of 72 was registered in the Durham Northern district in the third quarter of that year.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Player search: Tinnion". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 260. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ a b "Horden's new half-back". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 20 September 1935. p. 9. Standing over 6ft. in height, and weighing 13 stone, Tinnion ought to be a valuable acquisition to the Horden club.
  4. ^ "Pars about players". Durham Chronicle. 25 May 1928. p. 8.
  5. ^ Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData. pp. 30, 108. ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7.
  6. ^ "Quakers transferred". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 13 May 1929. p. 7.
  7. ^ "Huddersfield Town". Athletic News. Manchester. 26 August 1929. p. 5.
  8. ^ "Town's retained list". Leeds Mercury. 3 May 1930. p. 11.
  9. ^ "A free transfer". Yorkshire Evening Post. 4 July 1930. p. 6.
  10. ^ "Tinnion leaves". Shields News. 12 September 1935. p. 5.
  11. ^ "Sports Review". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 5 January 1937. p. 7.
  12. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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