James Shinner

James Herbert Shinner, sometimes known as Bert Shinner, was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Doncaster Rovers and Bradford City as a centre forward and full back.

Personal life

Shinner had three spells serving in the Royal Navy, with a final spell as a minelayer between 2 August and 6 December 1916, during the First World War. He was later invalided out of the military, suffering from tuberculosis. Shinner worked as a poultry farmer during the last years of his life.