James Samson Lawson (26 March 1886 – 2 September 1962) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back, primarily for Dundee, before moving to the United States to be a professional golfer.
Career He was part of the Dundee squad which won the Scottish Cup in 1910 and was selected to play for the Scottish Football League XI in 1912.(SFL player) Jimmy Lawson, London Hearts Supporters Club After a one-year spell at Airdrieonians he quit the game in 1914 and moved to the United States to become a professional golfer, also remaining involved in football as a player with New Bedford Whalers and Bethlehem Steel,Soccer, The Globe - South Bethlehem, 2 February 1915, via Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club and as a coach for the Steel and at Lehigh University.
Over a long career he was a golf club manufacturer, and a country club pro in Chicago, Flint, Texas and Indianapolis, before retiring to Florida.The Hawthorns Series (page 10), Robert Bradley and Douglas Gorman, Scottish Sport History, October 1914James S Lawson, Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland He also served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I and in the U.S. Army in World War II.
Personal life Jimmy Lawson was born to George, a farmer who also worked as a gardener and draper, and Elizabeth "Betsy" (née Will), a domestic worker. Two of his brothers, Fred Reid Lawson (1888–1954)Fred Lawson, Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland and Herbert Charles "Heb" Lawson (1892–1930)Herbert Lawson, Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland also moved to America to play golf professionally.The Amazing Carnoustie Oakmont Connection, David Gould, The A Position, 2011 Herbert also briefly played football at Bethlehem Steel.Soccer, The Globe - South Bethlehem, 3 March 1916, via Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club
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