James "Jimmy" McMenemy (23 August 1880 – 1965) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Celtic from 1902 to 1920. He made 515 appearances and scored 168 goals.
He was part of the Celtic team that won six league titles in a row between season 1903-04 and season 1909-10, and was part of the team that defeated Rangers 3-2 in the 1904 Scottish Cup Final after being down 2-0. In 1920, McMenemy left Celtic and joined Partick Thistle, and in April 1921 helped Thistle to their one and only Scottish Cup victory, beating Rangers 1-0. McMenemy won seven Scottish Cup medals – 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914 and 1921.
Nicknamed "Napoleon", he played 12 times for the Scotland national team, scoring 5 goals. McMenemy also represented the Scottish League XI 13 times.
In 1934, he was invited back to Celtic Park as trainer and Assistant Manager to Willie Maley.
His son, John, won a Scottish Cup medal for Celtic in 1927 and a Scottish League Championship medal for Motherwell in 1932, and his other son, Harry, played for Newcastle United. Lawrie McMenemy, the former manager of Southampton and many other teams, is a distant relation.
Recently a biography of Jimmy McMenemy written by Celtic historian David Potter has been published in paperback and e-book form.
Famous quotes containing the word jimmy:
“Whar have you been for the last three year
That you haven’t heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks
The night of the Prairie Belle?”
—John Milton Hay (1838–1905)