James Lofthouse (24 March 1894 â 1954) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for The Wednesday, Rotherham County, Bristol Rovers and Queens Park Rangers.
In early life, Lofthouse worked as a sand wheeler. He served as a sergeant in the Royal Berkshire Regiment and the Labour Corps during the First World War. Lofthouse later worked as a steward at the Tilehurst Constitutional Club, as a postman and as a pub landlord in Aldershot.