James Gillespie (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | c. 1870 | ||
Place of birth | Dumbartonshire, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Outside Right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Renton | |||
?–1890 | Greenock Morton | ||
1890 | Sunderland | 2 | (1) |
1890–1892 | Sunderland Albion | ||
1892–1897 | Sunderland | 129 | (47) |
1897–1902 | Third Lanark | 32 | (10) |
1902–1903 | Ayr | 17 | (7) |
International career | |||
1898 | Scottish League XI[1] | 1 | (1) |
1898 | Scotland | 1 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Gillespie (born around 1870) was a Scottish footballer who played for Renton, Greenock Morton, Sunderland, Sunderland Albion, Third Lanark,Ayr and Scotland.
Football career
Gillespie, an outside right, joined Sunderland after spells in Scotland with Renton and Greenock Morton.[2] After just two appearances for Sunderland, he moved to their rivals Sunderland Albion, but returned to Roker Park in 1892.[2] Gillespie won the English league championship twice with Sunderland, in 1893 and 1895, and won the 1895 World Championship.[2] He scored a total of 52 goals in 148 appearances in all competitions for [3]
He returned to Scotland in 1897 with Third Lanark[4] and it was with the Glasgow club that he won his only Scotland cap. Despite scoring a hat-trick in Scotland's 5–2 win over Wales on 19 March 1898 (with the others from fellow-debutante, James McKie), he was never capped again for his country.[2][5]
Honours
- Sunderland
- Football League champions: 1892–93, 1894–95
References
- ^ "SFL player] James Gillespie". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d James Gillespie at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ James Gillespie, The StatCat
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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- 1870s births
- Scottish footballers
- Renton F.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Sunderland Albion F.C. players
- Third Lanark A.C. players
- Scotland international footballers
- Association football wingers
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Scottish Football League representative players