Constantine's football career started during World War II. He served in the Grenadier Guards, playing for local team Ashton National in his spare time. In 1944 he received an offer of a professional football contract at Rochdale. Three months later he joined Manchester City, playing his first Manchester City match in September 1945. At this time competitive league football was still suspended, though the FA Cup took place. Constantine scored 4 Cup goals and 25 in the Football League North to be the club's highest scorer in 1945–46. When competitive league returned in 1946, Constantine scored 12 goals in 18 games, including a hat-trick against Millwall. Injuries then limited his first-team opportunities, and he was transferred to Bury, where he scored 14 goals in 32 matches.
In the 1948 close season he signed for Millwall in a part exchange deal which saw Bob Kelly go to Bury. He made his debut against Port Vale on 21 August 1948, and subsequently played for Millwall for four seasons, finishing as the club's top goalscorer in three of them.
One of the most outstanding games Constantine played for The Lions was on 23 October 1948 against Notts County at The Den where a crowd of 46,000 had gathered to watch the great Tommy Lawton. Millwall and Constantine played brilliantly and won the game 3 – 2 with Constantine netting a brace. The newspaper headlines the following day read: "Constantine Shows Lawton How To Head." He made 153 appearances for The Lions, scoring 80 goals, and is fifth on Millwall's all-time leading scorer list.
Constantine remained a Millwall supporter, and was a regular in the Duke of Albany pub, in New Cross where he mixed freely with The Lions fans, sharing a joke and happily signing autographs until his death which was due to stomach cancer in 1998.
James, Gary (2006). Manchester City – The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN1-85983-512-0.
Standing, Deano; Bowden, Rob (1993). Millwall 1910–1993. Goodbye to The Den. Sports and Leisure Print Ltd.
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"Millwall 1945-1964". Retrieved 3 June 2007.
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jimmy, constantine, james, joseph, constantine, february, 1920, september, 1998, english, professional, footballer, played, forward, rochdale, manchester, city, bury, millwall, constantine, football, career, started, during, world, served, grenadier, guards, p. James Joseph Constantine 16 February 1920 4 September 1998 1 was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Rochdale Manchester City Bury and Millwall Constantine s football career started during World War II He served in the Grenadier Guards playing for local team Ashton National in his spare time In 1944 he received an offer of a professional football contract at Rochdale Three months later he joined Manchester City playing his first Manchester City match in September 1945 At this time competitive league football was still suspended though the FA Cup took place Constantine scored 4 Cup goals and 25 in the Football League North to be the club s highest scorer in 1945 46 When competitive league returned in 1946 Constantine scored 12 goals in 18 games including a hat trick against Millwall Injuries then limited his first team opportunities and he was transferred to Bury where he scored 14 goals in 32 matches In the 1948 close season he signed for Millwall in a part exchange deal which saw Bob Kelly go to Bury He made his debut against Port Vale on 21 August 1948 and subsequently played for Millwall for four seasons finishing as the club s top goalscorer in three of them One of the most outstanding games Constantine played for The Lions was on 23 October 1948 against Notts County at The Den where a crowd of 46 000 had gathered to watch the great Tommy Lawton Millwall and Constantine played brilliantly and won the game 3 2 with Constantine netting a brace The newspaper headlines the following day read Constantine Shows Lawton How To Head He made 153 appearances for The Lions scoring 80 goals and is fifth on Millwall s all time leading scorer list Constantine remained a Millwall supporter and was a regular in the Duke of Albany pub in New Cross where he mixed freely with The Lions fans sharing a joke and happily signing autographs until his death which was due to stomach cancer in 1998 References Edit Jimmy Constantine Barry Hugman s Footballers SourcesJames Gary 2006 Manchester City The Complete Record Derby Breedon ISBN 1 85983 512 0 Standing Deano Bowden Rob 1993 Millwall 1910 1993 Goodbye to The Den Sports and Leisure Print Ltd External links Edit Hall of fame Jimmy Constantine Archived from the original on 4 May 2007 Retrieved 3 June 2007 Millwall 1945 1964 Retrieved 3 June 2007 This biographical article related to association football in England about a forward born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jimmy Constantine amp oldid 1141228536, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
