SS SF ) ▁▁ 1 9 0 7 - 0 8 ▁Category : 1 9 0 7 – 0 8 ▁domestic ▁association ▁football ▁le agues ▁Category : 1 9 0 7 – 0 8 ▁in ▁American ▁s occer ▁St ▁Louis ▁Soccer ▁St ▁Louis ▁Soccer <0x0A> </s> ▁James ▁Wes ley ▁Pot ts ▁( 1 8 3 0 – 1 8 9 6 ), ▁known ▁as ▁James ▁W . ▁Pot ts ▁or ▁J . ▁W . ▁Pot ts , ▁was ▁a ▁pione er ▁resident ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁California , ▁after ▁that ▁state ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁following ▁the ▁Mexican ▁War . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁merchant , ▁a ▁land owner ▁and ▁ ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Common ▁Council , ▁the ▁legisl ative ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁city , ▁becoming ▁noted ▁locally ▁as ▁an ▁amateur ▁we ath erman ▁nick named ▁" The ▁Pro ph et ." ▁ ▁Personal ▁Pot ts ▁was ▁born ▁December ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 1 8 3 0 , ▁in ▁R uther ford ▁County , ▁Tennessee , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁John ▁Gre ene ▁Pot ts ▁and ▁C yn th ia ▁Jones ▁Pot ts . ▁His ▁father ▁died ▁when ▁James ▁was ▁just ▁four ▁years ▁old , ▁and ▁his ▁mother ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁th ir teen . ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁brother , ▁William ▁H . ▁ ▁He ▁came ▁to ▁California ▁via ▁the ▁Over land ▁Tra il ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 2 , ▁" walk ing ▁the ▁entire ▁distance ▁beside ▁a ▁y oke ▁of ▁ox en ▁which ▁pulled ▁one ▁of ▁the