Jimmy Montgomery BEM (born 9 October 1943) is an English retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

[2] In June 2015, Montgomery was awarded the British Empire Medal for his services to football in the Queen's birthday honours list.

[3] Montgomery made his debut aged only 18 against Walsall, going on to serve 17 years at the club.

His most memorable contribution in that match was a double save from Trevor Cherry and Peter Lorimer which prevented Leeds from equalising.

[7] After he retired as a player Montgomery returned to Birmingham City and Sunderland as a goalkeeping coach.