Personal information | |||
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Full name | James B. Cook | ||
Date of birth | 10 September 1885[1] | ||
Place of birth | Kilbirnie, Scotland[1] | ||
Date of death | 1 December 1971[2] | (aged 86)||
Place of death | River Forest, United States | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1906–1908 | Grimsby Town | 8 | (0) |
1908–1909 | Plymouth Argyle | 15 | (0) |
1909 | Hull City | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James B. Cook (10 September 1885 – 1 December 1971) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger.[3]
Cook played for various Scottish clubs before moving south in 1906 to sign with Grimsby Town of the Football League Second Division.[4] He played eight games for the "Mariners" and then signed with Plymouth Argyle in 1908 alongside teammate Tommy Hakin.[1][5] He made his debut on 16 September 1908, in a 1–0 victory over Brentford at Home Park.[1] He played fifteen games in the 1908–09 season, ten times in the Southern League Division One and five times in the Western League Division One.[1] He was described by the Argyle handbook as "speedy, dashing and able to centre with accuracy", but was released at the end of the campaign.[1]
Cook emigrated to the United States in August 1909,[6] settling in Chicago where he worked for General Motors. He later founded and served as President of the Kloster Steel Corporation.[7] He died on 1 December 1971 after suffering a heart attack while driving his car which then collided with a tree in River Forest, Illinois.[2] Cook was pronounced dead on arrival at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital.[8]