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Irish winger who played over here during the war. He started his
English career with Manchester City - very briefly - and was a
Leeds player for just 8 months before moving round a whole variety
of clubs, but ended up living back in Manchester on his retirement
from the game.
William Charlton says: I'm a great soccer fan seen the greatest,
no body but nobody possessed the box of tricks that Rudd had. YOU
OLDER fans must remember how JIMMY WOULD beat COUPLE OF defenders
turn around beat them again then as cheeky as ever sit on the ball
& pretend to polish his boots 7 HOW ABOUT HIS direct free kicks
stand aside beakham. jimmy was a fool to himself, booze & his
attitude stopped him from greater things regarding soccer
Colin John Rudd says: he was my dad. He died of cancer in 1985,
December 8, never complained and was very brave.I saw him control a
cig packet without it touching the ground for ages, that was REAL
class!!!
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