Jimmy Jones

Jimmy Jones may refer to:

  • Jimmy Jones (pianist) (1918–1982), American jazz pianist
  • Jimmy Jones (singer) (1930–2012), American singer/songwriter
  • Jimmy Jones (footballer born 1876), footballer who played for Stoke
  • Jimmy Jones (footballer born 1889), played for Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers
  • Jimmy Jones (footballer born 1901) (1901–1977), Welsh international footballer
  • Jimmy Jones (Northern Ireland footballer) (born 1928), player with Belfast Celtic and Glenavon
  • Jimmy Jones (footballer born 1927), retired English goalkeeper for Accrington Stanley
  • Jimmy Jones (American football) (born 1941), former professional American football wide receiver
  • Jimmy Jones (ice hockey) (born 1953), National Hockey League player
  • Jimmy Jones (baseball) (born 1964), Major League Baseball player
  • Jimmy Jones (Canadian football) (born 1950), Canadian Football League player
  • Jimmy Jones (basketball) (born 1945), former National Basketball Association player
  • Jimmy Jones (comedian), British comedian
  • James F. Jones, President of Trinity College in Hartford, CT; known to students as Jimmy Jones
  • Horace A. Jones (1906–2001), American Hall of Fame horse trainer
  • Jimmy Jones (tennis), British tennis player from the 1930s and 40s
  • Melvin Nelson, American professional wrestler who competed as Jimmy Jones and Burrhead Jones

Famous quotes containing the words jimmy and/or jones:

    “You want to get Capone? Here’s how you get him: he pulls a knife, you pull a gun, he sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. It’s the Chicago way and that’s how you get Capone.”
    —David Mamet, U.S. screenwriter, and Brian DePalma. Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery)

    “We are told that every American boy has the chance of being president. I tell you that these little boys in the iron cages would sell their chance any day for good square meals and a chance to play.”
    —Mother Jones (1830–1930)