James Dykes (12 October 1916 – 1974) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half.
Born in Law, South Lanarkshire, he played for Heart of Midlothian[3] and appeared twice for the Scotland national football team in 1938, also taking part in a SFA tour of North America the following summer.
His senior career was effectively curtailed by the Second World War, during which he played for Hearts and made guest appearances for a variety of clubs in England and Northern Ireland, also being selected for four unofficial wartime internationals.
[4] After ending his playing career in 1951, Dykes emigrated to Australia.
[5][6] This biographical article related to association football in Scotland, about a defender born in the 1910s, is a stub.