Sam Currie

Sam Currie
Personal information
Full name Samuel Percy Currie
Date of birth (1889-11-22)22 November 1889
Place of birth Kilwinning, Scotland
Date of death 7 December 1962(1962-12-07) (aged 73)
Place of death Prestonpans, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)
Position Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1909 Kilwinning Rangers
1909–1922 Leicester City 236 (4)
1922–1924 Wigan Borough 33 (2)
Managerial career
c. 1924 Wigan Borough (reserves)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Percy Currie (22 November 1889 – 7 December 1962) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 230 appearances in the Football League for Leicester City as a full-back. He captained the club.

Career

Born in Kilwinning, Scotland, Currie began his career with his hometown junior club Kilwinning Rangers, with whom he 1908–09 Scottish Junior Cup. He moved to England to join Football League Second Division club Leicester Fosse in May 1909. Between 1909 and 1922, he made 248 senior appearances, in addition to a further 123 non-competitive appearances during the First World War. Currie ended his career in the Third Division North with Wigan Borough, for whom he made 33 appearances before being appointed player-coach of the reserve team in March 1924.

Personal life

Currie's brothers Bob and Duncan also became footballers.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City 1909–10 Second Division 8000 ―80
1910–11 32231 ―353
1911–12 29 0 2 0 ― 31 0
1912–13 29 0 0 0 ― 29 0
1913–14 37 0 2 1 ― 39 1
1914–15 26 0 1 0 ― 27 0
1919–20 38 2 4 0 ― 42 2
1920–21 24 0 0 0 ― 24 0
1921–22 13 0 0 0 ― 13 0
Total 236 4 12 2 ― 248 6
Wigan Borough 1922–23 Third Division North 21 2 6 1 0 0 27 3
1923–24 12 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
Total 33 2 6 0 1 0 40 3
Career total 2696182 1 02889
  1. ↑ Appearance in Manchester Senior Cup

Honours

Kilwinning Rangers

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 73. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ↑ "Players A to Z (A-C)". Wigan Borough Football Club – Complete. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Optimists of the North. Wigan Borough". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.
  4. ↑ "The Managers: Louis Ford, 1914–1915". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Sam Currie | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  7. ↑ Dykes, Garth (2011). Wigan Borough in the Football League: A Complete Record and Who's Who 1921–1931. Tony Brown. ISBN 978-1-905891-53-5.
  8. ↑ "(20) Page 14 – Sergeant Duncan Currie – Organisations > Hearts & the Great War – Rolls of honour – National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "1922/23". Wigan Borough Football Club – Complete. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "1923/24". Wigan Borough Football Club – Complete. Retrieved 24 July 2023.