Jimmy McEwan

Jimmy McEwan
Personal information
Full name Jimmy McEwan
Date of birth 22 March 1929
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 28 November 2017(2017-11-28) (aged 88)
Place of death Birmingham, England
Position Right wing
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1951 Arbroath
1951–1959 Raith Rovers 209 (53)
1959–1966 Aston Villa 143 (28)
1966–1967 Walsall 10 (1)
Total 362 (83)
International career
1959 SFL trial v SFA 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

James McEwan (22 March 1929 – 28 November 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer, who usually played at right wing. He played for Arbroath and Raith Rovers in Scotland before settling in the West Midlands in England playing for Aston Villa and Walsall.

McEwan usually played right wing but sometimes at inside right. He was described in the profile by Aston Villa's club historian as, "a craggy-and-hungry-looking outside-right, a player who hugged the touchline, cutting in when the ball was being moved along the opposite flank," and "With Raith he blossomed into a goalscoring right-winger-cum-centre-forward." He was a fast and tricky player with a useful goal scoring record. He had a Stanley Matthews style way he would side-step a full-back before delivering over a good cross.