James Gillespie (footballer)

James Gillespie (22 March 1868 – 5 August 1932) was a Scottish footballer who played for Clyde, Sunderland Albion, Sunderland, Third Lanark, Ayr and Scotland.

James Gillespie
With Sunderland in 1894
Personal information
Date of birth (1868-03-22)22 March 1868[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 5 August 1932(1932-08-05) (aged 64)[2]
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Star
1888–1891 Clyde
1890–1892 Sunderland Albion
1892–1897 Sunderland 129 (51)
1897–1902 Third Lanark 32 (10)
1902–1903 Ayr 17 (7)
International career
1898 Scottish League XI[3] 1 (1)
1898 Scotland 1 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

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Gillespie, an outside right, joined Sunderland Albion from Clyde in 1891, [1] moving on to Sunderland in 1892 when Albion folded.[4] Gillespie won the English league championship twice with Sunderland, in 1893 and 1895, and won the 1895 World Championship.[4] He scored a total of 57 goals in 146 appearances for the club in all official competitions.[2]

He returned to Scotland in 1897 with Third Lanark[5] and it was with the Glasgow club that he won his only international cap aged 30. Despite scoring a hat-trick in Scotland's 5–2 win over Wales on 19 March 1898 (with the others from fellow debutant James McKee), he was never capped again for his country.[4][6] Away from football he worked as an upholsterer and was based in Bearsden.[1]

Honours

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Sunderland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  2. ^ a b James Gillespie, The StatCat
  3. ^ "[SFL player] James Gillespie". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  4. ^ a b c James Gillespie at the Scottish Football Association
  5. ^ Litster, John (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  6. ^ (Scotland player) James Gillespie, London Hearts Supporters Club