James (or Jimmy) Nicholl (born 1890 in Port Glasgow, died circa 1955) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. Nicholl played in England for his entire professional career, beginning with Middlesbrough, where he made 56 appearances, scoring 13 goals, before joining Liverpool in January 1914. He played at Anfield for eighteen months, and featured in the 1914 FA Cup final, but his career was ended early by the outbreak of World War I.