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{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{one source|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name      = Jimmy Frizzell
| image =
| fullname = James Letson Frizzell<ref>{{Hugman|6862|access-date=14 April 2017}}</ref>
| height =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|2|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Greenock]], Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|7|3|1937|2|16|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Oldham]], England
| position = [[Fullback (association football)|Full back]], [[Striker (association football)|Forward]] 
| youthyears1 =  
| youthclubs1 =  
| years1 =   1957–1960 
| years2 =  1960–1970
| clubs1 =   [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Greenock Morton]]  
| clubs2 =   [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]]
| caps1 =   41    
| caps2 =   318  
| goals1 =  4  
| goals2 =  56 
| nationalyears1 =  
| nationalteam1 =  
| nationalcaps1 =    
| nationalgoals1 = 
|  manageryears1 =   1970–1982  
| manageryears2 =   1986–1987
|  managerclubs1 =   [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]]  
| managerclubs2 =   [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
}}
'''James Letson Frizzell''' (16 February 1937 – 3 July 2016) was a Scottish [[association football]] player and manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36698598|title=Jimmy Frizzell: Former Oldham Athletic and Manchester City manager dies|date=3 July 2016|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

Frizzell was appointed a patron of [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]]'s supporters' trust, [[Trust Oldham]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/Managers/Manager.aspx?id=23 | title=Jimmy Frizzell | access-date=2008-05-26}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Frizzell began his career at [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Greenock Morton]] as a [[Striker (association football)|forward]] in 1957. Three years later, he joined [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]], where he played 318 matches and scored 57 goals initially as a forward and then in the wing-half and full-back roles.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

==Managerial career==
A managerial career was started in March 1970 when Frizzell became manager of [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]], following a spell as a coach under [[Jack Rowley]]. At the time, the club was near the bottom of [[Football League Division Four|Division Four]], with the distinct possibility of having to re-apply for League status. He then guided the team to nine wins and six draws in the remaining 22 matches and a comfortable midtable finish. In the following season Oldham achieved promotion to [[Football League Division Three|Division Three]] and in 1974 they won the Third Division championship. The club survived in the Second Division bar only a couple of flirts with relegation, yet despite his success at the helm of the club, Frizzell was surprisingly dismissed in June 1982. He was at the time the second longest serving manager in the [[Football League]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

After a year unemployed, Frizzell was invited to join [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] as an assistant to [[Billy McNeill]]. He became manager after the exit of his former boss in October 1986. Frizzell was sacked in May 1987 as the team was relegated to the [[Football League Second Division|Division Two]] under a serious financial crisis. He returned to the club in 1994 to work as chief scout but left in 1998.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

==Death==
Frizzell died on 3 July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/jimmy-frizzell-1937-2016-3165777.aspx|title=Jimmy Frizzell (1937-2016)|publisher=Oldham Athletic A.F.C.| date=3 July 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/jimmyfrizzell}}
*[http://www.keep-the-faith.co.uk/whoswho/?31-jimmy-frizzell Jimmy Frizzell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930110330/http://www.keep-the-faith.co.uk/whoswho/?31-jimmy-frizzell |date=30 September 2011 }} at Trust Oldham
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