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National football teams

Since 1937 to 1967, Jimmy Dunne held Northern Ireland's record for international goals

Football player Jimmy Dunne

James Dunne

Jimmy Dunne

Born on 4 September 1905, Dublin
Died on 14 November 1949, Dublin (aged 44)

National team appearances of Jimmy Dunne

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Goals	Goals/ Caps
Northern Ireland	1928	1
Irish Free State	1930	1		2	2.000
Northern Ireland	1930 - 1932	6	2	4	0.667
Irish Free State	1936 - 1937	7		8	1.143
Rep. of Ireland	1938 - 1939	7	5	3	0.429
Total:		22	7	17	0.773

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Goals	Goals/ Caps
Sheffield United FC, Sheffield	04 Feb 1928 - 07 Dec 1932	8	2	6	0.750
Arsenal FC, London	17 Mar 1936 - 09 May 1936	3		5	1.667
Southampton FC, Southampton	17 May 1937 - 23 May 1937	2		1	0.500
Shamrock Rovers FC, Dublin	10 Oct 1937 - 23 May 1939	9	5	5	0.556

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Goals

Goals/ Caps

British Championship (BC)

0.571

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

1.000

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.846

Total:

0.773

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
4 Feb 1928	Wales	debut	22 years 5 months
20 Oct 1930	England	first goal	25 years 1 month 16 days
19 Sep 1931	Scotland	first cap as captain	26 years 15 days
17 May 1937	Switzerland	record for goal scoring (held up to 22 Feb 1967)	31 years 8 months 13 days
23 May 1939	Germany	last appearance	33 years 8 months 19 days

Record of Jimmy Dunne's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Switzerland	3		3	3				1.000	3	1.000
Belgium	2		1		1			2.000	1	2.000
Luxembourg	2		1		1			2.000	1	2.000
Norway	2		2	2				1.000	2	1.000
England	2		2	2				1.000	3	0.667
Hungary	2		1		1			2.000	3	0.667
Scotland	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Czechoslovakia	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Poland	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Wales	1		1	1				1.000	3	0.333
(+) other teams									2
Total:	17		14	11	3	0	0	1.214	22	0.773

Record of national team matches played by Jimmy Dunne

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Northern Ireland national football team	7	0	0	7	8	24	0.0
Rep. of Ireland national football team	15	7	6	2	34	26	66.7
Total:	22	7	6	9	42	50	45.5

Jimmy Dunne's international caps

as player of Sheffield United FC, Sheffield:

debut age - 22 years 5 months

04 Feb 1928 15:00

Belfast, Windsor Park

1-2

Northern Ireland vs Wales

British Championship 1927-1928

age when scoring first goal - 24 years 8 months 7 days

11 May 1930 16:00 (+1:00)

Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Stade à Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

1-3

Belgium vs Irish Free State

Friendly International

2х

20 Oct 1930 15:00

Sheffield, Bramall Lane

5-1

England vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1930-1931

1х

22 Apr 1931 15:00 (+1:00)

Wrexham, The Racecourse

3-2

Wales vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1930-1931

1х

19 Sep 1931 15:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Ibrox Park

3-1

Scotland vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1931-1932

1х

17 Oct 1931 15:00

Belfast, Windsor Park

2-6

Northern Ireland vs England

British Championship 1931-1932

1х

17 Oct 1932 15:00

Blackpool, Bloomfield Road

1-0

England vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1932-1933

07 Dec 1932 14:30

Wrexham, The Racecourse

4-1

Wales vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1932-1933

as player of Arsenal FC, London:

17 Mar 1936 15:30

Dublin, Dalymount Park

1-0

Irish Free State vs Switzerland

Friendly International

1х

03 May 1936 15:00 (+1:00)

Budapest, Hungária körúti Stadion

3-3

Hungary vs Irish Free State

Friendly International

2х

09 May 1936 18:15 (+1:00)

Luxembourg City, Stade Municipal

1-5

Luxembourg vs Irish Free State

Friendly International

2х

as player of Southampton FC, Southampton:

17 May 1937 15:00 (+1:00)

Bern, Wankdorfstadion

0-1

Switzerland vs Irish Free State

Friendly International

1х

23 May 1937 15:00 (+1:00)

Colombes, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir

0-2

France vs Irish Free State

Friendly International

as player of Shamrock Rovers FC, Dublin:

10 Oct 1937 13:15 (+1:00)

Aker, Ullevaal Stadion

3-2

Norway vs Irish Free State

1938 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2

1х

07 Nov 1937 15:00

Dublin, Dalymount Park

3-3

Irish Free State vs Norway

1938 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2

1х

18 May 1938 17:30 (+1:00)

Prague, Letenský Stadion (Sparty)

2-2

Czechoslovakia vs Rep. of Ireland

Friendly International

1х

22 May 1938 17:30 (+1:00)

Warsaw, Stadion Wojska Polskiego imienia Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego

6-0

Poland vs Rep. of Ireland

Friendly International

18 Sep 1938 15:30 (+1:00)

Dublin, Dalymount Park

4-0

Rep. of Ireland vs Switzerland

Friendly International

1х

13 Nov 1938 15:00

Dublin, Dalymount Park

3-2

Rep. of Ireland vs Poland

Friendly International

1х

19 Mar 1939 19:00

Cork, The Mardyke Arena

2-2

Rep. of Ireland vs Hungary

Friendly International

18 May 1939 18:00 (+1:00)

Budapest, Hungária körúti Stadion

2-2

Hungary vs Rep. of Ireland

Friendly International

23 May 1939 18:00 (+1:00)

Bremen, Weserstadion

1-1

Germany vs Rep. of Ireland

Friendly International

Comments

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted on 3 February 2015 at 12:00:22

Full name:
James ’Jimmy’ Dunne (link:

)

db Ukraine - Additional information posted on 4 April 2021 at 14:42:06

Born 04.09.1905 (link:

)

Rep. of Ireland upcoming fixtures

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Rep. of Ireland fixtures

Jimmy Dunne's most often teammates

Joe O'Reilly (1936 - 1939) - 14 games
George McKenzie (1937 - 1939) - 9 games
Bill Gorman (1936 - 1939) - 9 games
Charlie Turner (1936 - 1939) - 8 games
Billy O'Neill (1936 - 1939) - 8 games
Johnny Carey (1937 - 1939) - 8 games

Rep. of Ireland players born on 25 January

Billy O'Neill (1916) - 11 caps