Sam Currie

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Sam Currie
Personal information
Full name Samuel Percy Currie[1]
Date of birth (1889-11-22)22 November 1889
Place of birth Kilwinning, Scotland
Date of death 7 December 1962(1962-12-07) (aged 73)
Place of death Prestonpans, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[2]
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1909 Kilwinning Rangers
1909–1922 Leicester City 236 (4)
1922–1924 Wigan Borough 33 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Samuel Percy Currie (22 November 1889 – 7 December 1962) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 230 appearances in the Football League for Leicester City as a full-back.[1] He captained the club.[3]

Career[]

Born in Kilwinning, Scotland, Currie began his career with his hometown junior club Kilwinning Rangers,[4] with whom he 1908–09 Scottish Junior Cup.[5] He moved to England to join Football League Second Division club Leicester Fosse in May 1909.[4] Between 1909 and 1922, he made 248 senior appearances, in addition to a further 123 non-competitive appearances during the First World War.[6] Currie ended his career in the Third Division North with Wigan Borough, for whom he made 33 appearances before being appointed player-coach of the reserve team in March 1924.[4]

Personal life[]

Currie's brothers Bob and Duncan also became footballers.[7]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester City 1909–10[4] Second Division 8 0 0 0 8 0
1910–11[4] 32 2 3 1 35 3
1911–12[4] 29 0 2 0 31 0
1912–13[4] 29 0 0 0 29 0
1913–14[4] 37 0 2 1 39 1
1914–15[4] 26 0 1 0 27 0
1919–20[4] 38 2 4 0 42 2
1920–21[4] 24 0 0 0 24 0
1921–22[4] 13 0 0 0 13 0
Career total 236 4 12 2 248 6

Honours[]

Kilwinning Rangers

References[]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 73. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Optimists of the North. Wigan Borough". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.
  3. ^ "The Managers: Louis Ford, 1914–1915". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Sam Currie | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  6. ^ Dykes, Garth (2011). Wigan Borough in the Football League: A Complete Record and Who's Who 1921–1931. Tony Brown. ISBN 978-1-905891-53-5.
  7. ^ "(20) Page 14 – Sergeant Duncan Currie – Organisations > Hearts & the Great War – Rolls of honour – National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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