James Cleland (7 October 1869 – 16 November 1942) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Cleland | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1869 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 16 November 1942 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1893 | Minerva | ||
| 1893–1894 | Third Lanark | 11 | (2) |
| 1894–1896 | St Bernard's | 7 | (2) |
| 1895 | → Liverpool (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1896–1897 | Abercorn | 5 | (2) |
| 1897–1898 | Partick Thistle | 6 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editCleland made one appearance for Liverpool, in the test match against Bury at the end of the 1894–95 season. Injuries to key players meant that Cleland got the chance to play for the club, following his loan from Edinburgh club St Bernard's.[2]
Personal life
editCleland was born on 7 October 1869 in Glasgow to Matthew Cleland, a mercantile clerk, and Margaret Lithgow Cleland (née Allan).[3] Cleland married to Agnes Hutchison Rankin on 26 December 1901 in Glasgow.[4] He died on 16 November 1942 in Glasgow at the age of 73.[5]
References
edit- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "James Cleland". LFC History. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "Statutory registers Births 644/6 827". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Statutory registers Marriages 644/9 708". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Deaths". The Herald. 160. No. 275. Glasgow. 17 November 1942. p. 1. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
Cleland.—At Ranland, 9 Cardonald Place Road, Glasgow, S.W. 2, on 16th November, 1942, James Cleland (director of Watson, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd.), beloved husband of Agnes Hutchison Rankin.
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