Jimmy Woolf
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Levi James Woolf | ||
Date of birth | 28 January 1916 | ||
Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Date of death | 2003 (aged 86–87) | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Inside-right | ||
Youth career | |||
J.R.A.S. Johannesburg | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1937–1938 | Southampton | 1 | (0) |
1938–1939 | Guildford City | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Levi James "Jimmy" Woolf (28 January 1916 – 2003)[1] was a South African professional footballer who played one match in the Football League for Southampton in 1937.
Football career
Woolf was born in Johannesburg, South Africa but was determined to become a professional footballer in England.[2] In September 1937, he travelled to Britain on board the Union-Castle liner, Balmoral Castle; a steward on the liner heard of Woolf's intentions and sent a telegram to the manager of Southampton Football Club, Tom Parker. Parker arranged for Woolf to be met after he disembarked at Southampton Docks and he was given a trial.[2]
He was signed by the club after the trial match and was soon playing regularly at inside right in the reserves. On 11 December 1937, he made his first-team debut when he took the place of Ray Parkin at inside-right for the Second Division match against Tottenham Hotspur, with Parkin moving to centre-forward in place of Benny Gaughran who had recently been sold to Sunderland. Although the match was won 2–1, with Parkin scoring both Saints' goals,[3] Woolf was not a great success and he returned to the reserves.[2]
In the summer of 1938, he joined Guildford City of the Southern League.[2] At the end of his first season at Guildford, they finished as Southern League runners-up.[4]
Later career
During the Second World War, Woolf enlisted in the Army and served in Burma. After the war, he returned to South Africa.[2]
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- 1916 births
- 2003 deaths
- Sportspeople from Johannesburg
- South African soccer players
- Southampton F.C. players
- Guildford City F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Association football defenders
- Southern Football League players