13 Facts About Jimmy Hampson

James Hampson was an English professional footballer.

Jimmy Hampson spent eleven seasons at Blackpool, where he remains record goalscorer with 252 goals in 373 games, and is still regarded as one of the best centre forwards to play for the club.

Jimmy Hampson missed just one game in his first season for the club, and his goals helped Blackpool stave off relegation, finishing the season 19th in the Second Division.

Jimmy Hampson scored five goals in the first four games that season, prompting other clubs to take an interest in signing him.

Jimmy Hampson was the top goalscorer in England with 46 strikes in 44 league and cup games.

Jimmy Hampson was reinstated as centre-forward for the final game of the season, at Newcastle United.

Jimmy Hampson did not play again until February 1935, and ended the season on 21 goals from 25 starts.

Jimmy Hampson was not a regular starter that season and finished on just six goals from 21 games, although he had to play at inside-left for much of them.

Jimmy Hampson held the record for the fastest century of goals: 101 in 97 games between 1927 and 1930.

Five players from each decade are inducted; Jimmy Hampson is in the pre-1950s.

Jimmy Hampson played for a Football League XI against a combined Wales and Ireland XI in a game held to celebrate the jubilee of King George V in May 1935.

On 8 January 1938, Jimmy Hampson played his last-ever match, an FA Cup tie for Blackpool against Birmingham City.

Jimmy Hampson's final contribution was a quick throw-in, seven minutes before the end of the match, from which Blackpool scored.