Jimmy Love (Australian soccer)

Jimmy Love
Personal information
Place of birth	Scotland
Position	Half-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
????–1921	Queen's Park
1921–????	Thistle
International career
1923	Australia
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated October 23, 2025

James Love was an Australian soccer player who played as a half-back for Queen's Park, Thistle and the Australia national soccer team.

Club career

After playing in Scotland, Love joined Brisbane team Queens Park before joining Thistle in 1921.^[1]^[2] He won the Premiership with Thistle in 1923.

International career

Love played his one and only international match with Australia in June 1923 on their second tour against New Zealand, playing in a 2–1 win over New Zealand.^[3]^[4]

Career statistics

International

National team	Year^[4]	Competitive		Friendly		Total
National team	Year^[4]	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Australia	1923	0	0	1	0	1	0

References

↑ Howe, Andrew (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8.
↑ "Why Football Stars Like Their Own Code". The Telegraph . Queensland, Australia. 13 September 1945. p. 8. Retrieved 16 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "SOCCER". The Age . No. 21, 277. Victoria, Australia. 12 June 1923. p. 14. Retrieved 2 December 2020– via National Library of Australia.
1 2 "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia . ozfootball.net. Retrieved 23 June 2009.

This biographical article related to Australian soccer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Howe, Andrew (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8.

[2] "Why Football Stars Like Their Own Code". The Telegraph . Queensland, Australia. 13 September 1945. p. 8. Retrieved 16 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.

[3] "SOCCER". The Age . No. 21, 277. Victoria, Australia. 12 June 1923. p. 14. Retrieved 2 December 2020– via National Library of Australia.

[caps1-4] 1 2 "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia . ozfootball.net. Retrieved 23 June 2009.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]