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Jimmy Rimmer
Personal information
Full name
John James Rimmer[1]
Date of birth
(1948-02-10) 10 February 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth
Southport, Lancashire, England
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s)
Goalkeeper
Youth career
1963–1965
Manchester United
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1965–1974
Manchester United
34
(0)
1973
→ Swansea City (loan)
17
(0)
1974–1977
Arsenal
124
(0)
1977–1983
Aston Villa
229
(0)
1983–1986
Swansea City
66
(0)
1986
Ħamrun Spartans
0
(0)
1986
Luton Town
0
(0)
Total
470
(0)
International career
1976
England
1
(0)
Managerial career
1995–1996
Swansea City (caretaker)
1996
Swansea City (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
John James Rimmer (born 10 February 1948) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Manchester United, Swansea City, Arsenal and Aston Villa.[3]
Rimmer, who won two European Cup winners medals, has been described by the Birmingham Mail as "perhaps the greatest goalkeeper in Aston Villa's history".[1][4]
^ ab"Jimmy Rimmer". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 54. ISBN 0362020175.
^"Birmingham City : 1946/47 – 2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^Cite error: The named reference Villa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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