Tom Leslie

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Tom Leslie
Personal information
Full name Thomas Scott Leslie
Date of birth 26 February 1884
Place of birth Tollcross, Scotland
Date of death 27 August 1961(1961-08-27) (aged 77)
Place of death Enfield, England
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Vale of Clyde
1908–1911 Tottenham Hotspur 10 (0)
1911–1912 Leyton ? (?)
1912–1920 Gillingham 142 (7)
1916Clyde (guest) 5 (0)
Caerphilly ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Scott Leslie (26 February 1884 – 27 August 1961) [1] [2] was a Scottish footballer [3] who played for Vale of Clyde, Tottenham Hotspur, Leyton, Gillingham, Clyde and Caerphilly. [4] [5] [6]

Football career

Leslie began his playing career at Vale of Clyde before joining Tottenham Hotspur in 1908. The defender played a total of 12 matches for Spurs between 1908 and 1911. [7] He went on to make appearances at Leyton, Gillingham, [8] Clyde [9] (on a short loan during World War I, during which the Scottish Football League continued) and finally Caerphilly.

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References

  1. Thomas Leslie Birth Certificate
  2. Thomas Leslie Death Certificate
  3. Thomas Leslie Marriage Certificate
  4. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 156. ISBN   1-899468-63-3.
  5. "Tom Leslie". 11v11. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. Leslie Tom Image 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1908, Vintage Footballers
  7. Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 November 2012
  8. Tom Leslie, Gillingham FC Scrapbook
  9. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)