James Gemmell (17 November 1880 – after 1911) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke, Sunderland and Leeds City as an inside forward.
Club career Gemmell was born in Glasgow and played for Duntocher Hibernian and Clyde before joining Sunderland in 1900. He made his debut for Sunderland on 8 December 1900 against Sheffield Wednesday in a 1–0 win at Roker Park. He was at Sunderland in two different spells; in 1900–07 and 1910–12 respectively, separated by a stay at Leeds United. During his first stay at Sunderland, he won the 1902 English Football League Championship. Gemmell made 213 league appearances for Sunderland, scoring 46 goals.
In 1907 Gemmell signed for Second Division Stoke but after making 11 appearances scoring twice he was sold to Leeds City due to Stoke having serious financial difficulties.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSunderland1900–01First Division3000301901–02First Division31102033101902–03First Division227102371903–04First Division29101030101904–05First Division325103351905–06First Division297403371906–07First Division30450354Total1764314019043Stoke1907–08Second Division11200112Leeds City1907–08Second Division163101731908–09Second Division288403281909–10Second Division23310243Total6714607314Sunderland1910–11First Division201102111911–12First Division16200162Total36310373Career total2906221031162
Honours Sunderland Football League First Division champions: 1901–02
References Jimmy Gemmell's careers stats at The Stat Cat