Jim Wilson... sports family (boxing brother Alex)...

part of the Canadian team that toured Australia for more than three months in 1924, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction...

wrote footballer Andy Wilson after facing Canada in 1921, Wilson is “a treasure; he combines a sound knowledge of the game with the ability to carry his ideas into execution”... as noted in 1924 in an Australia program, Wilson was “considered the best centre half in the west when he played in Vancouver and continues to play well in Edmonton; he is a tall and rangy player and hard to get around; a fast and good placer and a great man on the attack”... as noted in a 1924 Brisbane program, he “has a big reputation in Alberta”... as noted in 1928 in the Vancouver Province, “tall and rangy, he moves a lot of ground and never knows when he’s been beaten”...

For Country

was part of the 1921 All-Canada XI that faced the touring Scottish Star Footballers in an international match on 9 July in Montréal (an 0:1 loss at Alexandra Park)... noted in the Montréal Gazette of his 1921 performance against the Scottish footballers, he was Canada’s “best man on the half line; he played a cool, useful game”... was part of the 1924 Canadian team that toured Australia and New Zealand (with matches played in Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide and Auckland)... he scored his first international “A” goal for Canada on 12 July 1924 in Adelaide, AUS…