Jim Leslie (footballer)

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Jim Leslie
Personal information
Full name James Leslie
Date of birth 1873[1]
Place of birth Barrhead, Scotland
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

James Leslie was a Scottish footballer who played for clubs including Clyde and Sunderland, as a forward.[2]

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[]

  1. ^ a b "Jim Leslie". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Sunderland". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
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