Jim Leslie (footballer)
James Leslie was a Scottish footballer who played for clubs including Clyde and Sunderland, as a forward.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Leslie | ||
| Date of birth | 1873[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Barrhead, Scotland | ||
| Playing position(s) | Inside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1894–1896 | Clyde | 45 | (19) |
| 1897 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| 1897–1901 | Sunderland | 92 | (26) |
| 1901–1902 | Middlesbrough | ||
| 1902–1903 | Clyde | 19 | (4) |
| 1904–1906 | Arthurlie | 8 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He made his debut for Sunderland on 4 September 1897 against Sheffield Wednesday in a 1–0 win at Olive Grove.[3] Overall, he made 98 Football League and FA Cup appearances while at the club from 1897 to 1901, scoring 29 goals. He scored Roker Park's first ever goal in a 1–0 win over Liverpool in September 1898[1] and was part of the team which finished runners-up in 1897–98 and again in 1900–01, but had departed for Middlesbrough by the time they claimed the title the following season.
References
- "Jim Leslie". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - "Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Sunderland". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
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