Ellis Rimmer
Rimmer in 1926
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ellis James Rimmer | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Birkenhead, England | ||
| Date of death | 16 March 1965 (aged 58) | ||
| Place of death | Formby, England | ||
| Playing position | Outside left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Parkside | |||
| – | Northern Nomads | ||
| – | Whitchurch | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1924–1928 | Tranmere Rovers | 62 | (20) |
| 1928–1938 | Sheffield Wednesday | 382 | (122) |
| 1938–1939 | Ipswich Town | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1930–1931 | England | 4 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ellis Rimmer (2 January 1907 – 16 March 1965) was a professional footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town. He was a left winger who was quite tall and scored his fair share of headed goals. His career lasted from 1924 until 1939 during which time he played 447 league games, scoring 142 goals, he also played for the England national football team on four occasions. He was also a talented musician and often played piano at public appearances.
Rimmer was born in Birkenhead on 2 January 1907, he played as an amateur for Parkside, Northern Nomads and Whitchurch before signing as a professional for Tranmere Rovers as a 17-year-old in 1924. In his three seasons with Tranmere, Rimmer played briefly with football legends Dixie Dean and Tom 'Pongo' Waring, making 62 league appearances and scoring 20 goals. His good form alerted other clubs and in February 1928 he was signed by Sheffield Wednesday manager Bob Brown for a fee of £3,000.
Sheffield Wednesday were in a grave situation when Rimmer signed for them, they were seven points adrift at the foot of Division One. However Rimmer, who made his Wednesday debut on 25 February 1928 against Newcastle United, was to take part in what has gone down in Sheffield Wednesday history as the "Great Escape" as they picked up 17 points from a possible 20 in their last 10 matches to avoid relegation by a single point. The following two seasons saw Wednesday transformed from relegation strugglers to league winners as they lifted the Division One title in 1928–29 and 1929–30 with Rimmer a virtual ever present on the left wing. He played in Sheffield Wednesday's 2–1 defeat by Arsenal in the Charity Shield at Stamford Bridge in October 1930.
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