Soccer Mourns Death of Jackie Jameson
Whatever his flaws, he was the most elegant soccer player I’ve seen up close. To try to tackle him was to attempt to wrestle with air. To stop him taking the ball from you was to attempt to hold back the waves.
Jackie Jameson, who played against Kehoe for Bohemians and with him for the League of Ireland representative side, has died at the age of 45.
One of the most gifted players of his generation, Jameson joined Shamrock Rovers in 1975 after playing his schoolboy football with Lourdes Celtic and Cherry Orchard.
After a brief spell with Dundalk, Jameson signed for St Patrick’s Athletic in 1978 and played for them in the 1980 FAI Cup Final, in which they lost to Waterford.
The following season he moved on to Bohemians, where he spent nine years until his retirement in 1990 and, although he narrowly missed out on League and FAI Cup success while at Dalymount Park, he established himself as one of the top players of the 1980s.
“He was a tremendous player and one of the nicest guys you could ever meet,” said Billy Young, who brought him to Bohs on a free transfer.
“He always took everything in his stride and scored some glorious goals. It was worth paying in just to see him play.”
Jameson made 275 league appearances for Rovers, St Pat’s and Bohemians, scoring 87 goals in the process.
