Graham Leggat
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| Graham Leggat | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | June 23, 1934 (age 72) | |
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Right winger | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Banks o'Dee | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1953–1958 1958–1966 1966–1967 1968 1970 1971-1972 |
Aberdeen Fulham Birmingham City Rotherham United Bromsgrove Rovers Toronto Metros |
109 (64) 254 (127) |
| National team | ||
| 1956–1960 | Scotland | 18 (8) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Graham Leggat (born June 23, 1934) is a former Scottish international football player.
Born in Aberdeen, Leggat started his career at Aberdeen as a right winger. He was part of the Aberdeen team that won the Scottish league title in 1954-55 and the 1955-56 Scottish League Cup. He was transferred to Fulham in 1958 for £16,000, where he formed a right flank partnership with England captain Johnny Haynes. He wound down his career with short spells at Birmingham, Rotherham and Bromsgrove Rovers and was also briefly a coach at Aston Villa.
Leggat was selected in the Scotland squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, playing in the Scots' matches against Yugoslavia and Paraguay. In total he earned 18 full caps between 1956 and 1960.
In 1971 Leggatt emigrated to Canada, where he began a second career as an analyst on soccer telecasts for the CBC at the 1976 Olympic Games and at the World Cup. He later became host of TSN's popular Soccer Saturday program as well as an on-air analyst on its soccer telecasts. He was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001 as a 'builder'.
[edit] Bibliography
Reid, Harry (2005). The Final Whistle?. Birlinn. 1-84158-362-6.
[edit] External links
- Profile at Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame
- International appearances at londonhearts.com Scotland section
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Scotland squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Younger | 2 Brown | 3 Parker | 4 Caldow | 5 Hewie | 6 Haddock | 7 McColl | 8 Turnbull | 9 Evans | 10 Docherty | 11 Mackay | 12 Cowie | 13 Baird | 14 Leggat | 15 Scott | 16 Murray | 17 Mudie | 18 Coyle | 19 Collins | 20 Robertson | 21 Imlach | 22 Fernie | Coach: Walker |
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