Biography
James Robert Duncan was a Hull-born inside forward that Hull City snaffled on amateur terms when he was only 15 and attending Southcoates High School. Highly rated, he signed professional terms on his 17th birthday in April 1955 and made his debut a few months later, scoring two of his three City goals in consecutive October 1955 fixtures against Bury and Swansea Town. Those goals came at the beginning of seven consecutive league starts, which was Duncan’s longest first team involvement during his five seasons as a first team candidate.
He scored his third and final goal for City in September 1956, a 1-2 defeat at home to Wrexham, then saw no first team action at all in the 1957/58 season. Duncan made a handful of appearances in each of his final two seasons, but ultimately he simply wasn’t able to dislodge the likes of Doug Clarke and Bill Bradbury from the forward positions.
Duncan joined Division Three strugglers Bradford City in June 1960 and scored an August 1960 brace against Coventry City in his second start for the Bantams. Jim made 20 senior appearances during the 1960/61 season and scored five League goals, but at the end of his first season the Valley Parade side were relegated to the Fourth Division and he was released.
Duncan returned to live in Hull, settling in the Holderness Road area, and in July 1961 he signed for Yorkshire League side Bridlington Town, for whom he contributed a dozen or so goals in each of his three seasons. In June 1964 Jimmy switched to Midland League side Goole Town, signing professional terms under the management of ex-Tiger Jack Bennion and scoring 21 goals in the 1964/65 season. He returned to Bridlington Town in August 1967 but soon drifted out of the game.
Details
Nationality: England
Date/Place of Birth: 2 April 1938, Hull
Hull City First Game: 5 September 1955, Leeds United A (Division Two), 17 years, 156 days old
Hull City Final Game: 27 February 1960, Lincoln City A (Division Two), 21 years, 331 days old
Clubs
Hull City (1955-1960), Bradford City (1960-1961), Bridlington Town (1961-1964), Goole Town (1964-1967), Bridlington Town (1967-1968)
Hull City Record
Career: 26 apps, 3 goals
James Duncan| Season | LGE App | LGE Gls | FAC App | FAC Gls | FLC App | FLC Gls | EUR App | EUR Gls | OTH App | OTH Gls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955/56 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1956/57 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1957/58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1958/59 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1959/60 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
He borrowed 5 shillings off of my uncle in 1956 and never paid him back???? He was on army pay and getting paid from Hull City ????