| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Collins[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1937-12-21)21 December 1937[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Sorn,Ayrshire, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 25 July 2018(2018-07-25) (aged 80)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Shoreham-by-Sea, England | ||
| Position | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1956 | Lugar Boswell Thistle | ||
| 1956–1962 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | (0) |
| 1962–1967 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 201 | (44) |
| 1967–1971 | Wimbledon | ||
| Stevenage | |||
| Southwick | |||
| Shoreham | |||
| Saltdean United | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Collins (21 December 1937 – 25 July 2018) was a Scottish professionalfootballer who played forLugar Boswell Thistle,Tottenham Hotspur,Brighton & Hove Albion, and a number of Englishnon-League clubs.
Collins was born inSorn,Ayrshire.[1] He began his football career withLugar Boswell Thistle, and was capped twice atJunior level in 1956,[1] before joiningTottenham Hotspur in June of that year. Theinside forward featured in two first team matches in 1961 for theLilywhites and made his senior debut againstWest Ham United on 23 August 1961.[3][4] In October 1962, Collins signed forBrighton & Hove Albion, where he was appointed captain and went on to score 48 goals from 221 appearances in all competitions. He left the club at the end of the 1966–67 season forWimbledon of theSouthern League, where he spent four years, and then played forStevenage,Southwick,Shoreham andSaltdean United.[1] Collins died inShoreham-by-Sea in 2018 at the age of 80.[2][5]