Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Raven[1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 March 1908 | ||
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
Date of death | 2 January 1965[2] | (aged 56)||
Place of death | Nottingham, England[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1931–1933 | Notts County | 0 | (0) |
1933–1934 | Folkestone | ||
1934–1936 | Brentford | 1 | (0) |
1936–1937 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | (0) |
1937–1939 | Wrexham | 55 | (1) |
1946 | Nottingham Corinthians | ||
East End | |||
Nottingham Co-operative Dairy | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Raven (29 March 1908 – 2 January 1965) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford, Bristol Rovers and Wrexham as a right half.[3]
A right half, Raven began his career at Second Division club Notts County and later dropped into non-League football to join Southern League Eastern Division club Folkestone.[4] Raven returned to the Football League to join Second Division club Brentford in 1934.[4] He made one appearance for the club, in a 0–0 draw with Nottingham Forest on 28 February 1935.[5] Raven spent much of his time in the reserve team and won the 1934–35 London Challenge Cup with the team.[6] He later played in both the Third Division North and South for Wrexham and Bristol Rovers respectively, before his career was brought to a halt by the outbreak of the Second World War.[4]
Raven worked for Nottingham Co-operative Dairy for over 20 years.[2]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1934–35[5] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | |
Bristol Rovers | 1936–37[7] | Third Division South | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 7 | 0 | |
Wrexham | 1937–38[8] | Third Division North | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 39 | 1 |
1938–39[9] | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
Total | 55 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 1 | ||
Career total | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 1 |
Brentford Reserves