Jimmy Lyske

Jimmy Lyske
Personal information
Full name	James Herbert Alexander Lyske
Date of birth	7 October 1932
Place of birth	Portadown, Northern Ireland
Date of death	December 1974 (aged 42)
Place of death	Yeovil, England
Position(s)	Full back
Youth career
–	Portadown BC
Senior career*
Years	Team
19??–1957	Glenavon
1957–1958	Sunderland
1958–1959	Darlington
1959–1960	Yeovil Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Herbert Alexander Lyske (7 October 1932 – 11 or 12 December 1974) was a Northern Irish footballer who played as a full back in the Irish Football League for Glenavon, in the English Football League for Darlington,^[1] and for Southern League club Yeovil Town.^[3] He was on the books of Sunderland without playing for them in the League.^[1]

Lyske played four times for Ireland Schools in 1947^[4]^[5] and represented Northern Ireland youth in 1951.^[6]

Lyske died in Yeovil District Hospital in December 1974 after collapsing in the street; he was 42.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lyske collapsed on 11 December and was taken to Yeovil District Hospital where he died. The next day's Bristol Evening Post reports the death but gives no date.
"Jimmy Lyske". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
"Man (42) dies". Evening Post. Bristol. 12 December 1974. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "The Yeovil Town Story: Part 23: Season 1958–59: The Southern League expands". Ciderspace. 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
^ "Dens Park will show who's top of the class". The Courier. Dundee. 5 June 1947. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "NISFA U15/U16 player records". Northern Ireland Schools' Football Association. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
^ Dewart, Jonny, ed. (2 January 2012). "Northern Ireland Youth match details 1948–1980". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

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