Graham Leggat

Graham Leggat
Leggat with Fulham in 1958
Personal information
Full name Graham Leggat
Date of birth (1934-06-20)20 June 1934
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death 29 August 2015(2015-08-29) (aged 81)
Place of death Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Banks O'Dee
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1958 Aberdeen 109 (64)
1958–1966 Fulham 254 (127)
1966–1967 Birmingham City 15 (3)
1968 Rotherham United 16 (7)
1970 Bromsgrove Rovers
1971 Toronto Metros 11 (2)
Total 405 (203)
International career
1954–1957 Scottish Football League XI 5 (6)
1956–1960 Scotland 18 (8)
1959 SFA trial v SFL 1 (0)
Managerial career
1971–1972 Toronto Metros
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Graham Leggat (20 June 1934 – 29 August 2015) was a Scottish international footballer. He mainly played as a right winger for Aberdeen and Fulham, and is a member of the Aberdeen Hall of Fame. He was also capped 18 times for Scotland, and played for them at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Leggat held the record for the fastest hat-trick in the English league system, when he scored three goals in three minutes in a 10–1 win against Ipswich Town on 26 December 1963. This record was broken in May 2015 by Southampton winger Sadio Mané.

In 1971, he emigrated to Canada to work at the Toronto Metros. He would later become the vice-president and managing director of the Edmonton Drillers between 1979 and 1980. He also worked as an analyst for the CBC, where he covered the 1976 Summer Olympics and the FIFA World Cup. After leaving the CBC, he became the host of TSN's Soccer Saturday program. He was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001.

Leggat died in August 2015, aged 81. His son, also named Graham Leggat, was the executive director of the San Francisco Film Society between October 2005 until his death in August 2011.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen 1953–54 Scottish Division One 26155400—3119
1954–55 26115052—3613
1955–56 181911109—2929
1956–57 24122153—3116
1957–58 1573167—2415
Total 109641672621—15192
Fulham 1958–59 Second Division 362141——4022
1959–60 First Division 281822——3020
1960–61 36230000—3623
1961–62 31148100—3915
1962–63 33101010—3510
1963–64 25152110—2816
1964–65 1740020—194
1965–66 33161030—3716
1966–67 1580012—1610
Total 25412918582—280136
Birmingham City 1966–67 Second Division 913000—121
1967–68 720000—72
Total 1633000—193
Rotherham United 1968–69 Third Division 1672010—197
Bromsgrove Rovers 1969–70 West Midlands (Regional) League 8600—1096
Toronto Metros 1971 North American Soccer League 112——112
Career total 4142113912352310489246
  1. ↑ Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Scottish League Cup, Football League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in Midland Floodlit League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland 1956 2 1
1957 1 1
1958 6 1
1959 5 4
1960 4 1
Total 18 8

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Leggat goal.
List of international goals scored by Graham Leggat
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 April 1956 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  England 1–0 1–1 1955–56 British Home Championship
2 5 October 1957 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 1–1 1–1 1957–58 British Home Championship
3 18 October 1958 Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales  Wales 1–0 3–0 1958–59 British Home Championship
4 6 May 1959 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  West Germany 3–1 3–2 Friendly
5 27 May 1959 Olympisch Stadion, Netherlands  Netherlands 2–1 2–1 Friendly
6 3 October 1959 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 1–0 4–0 1959–60 British Home Championship
7 4 November 1959 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Wales 1–1 1–1 1960 British Home Championship
8 19 April 1960 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  England 1–0 1–1 1960 British Home Championship

Honours

Aberdeen
Scotland

References

  1. ↑ "Graham Leggat". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ SFL player Graham Leggat, London Hearts Supporters Club
  3. ↑ The selectors still have problems Archived 20 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine, The Bulletin, 17 March 1959
  4. ↑ "2017 AFC Hall of Fame". Aberdeen F.C. 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  5. 1 2 Davis, Toby (16 May 2015). "Villa and Leicester safe, Gerrard farewell agony". Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame Mourns the Loss of Graham Leggat". thesoccerhalloffame.ca. Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "AFC great passes away". afc.co.uk. Aberdeen FC. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Graham Leggat 1960–2011 The Filmmaker Magazine 26 August 2011
  9. ↑ "Graham Leggat". Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  10. ↑ Turner, Dennis (2007). Fulham: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 374–391. ISBN 978-1-85983-566-1.
  11. ↑ Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. pp. 368–371. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
  12. ↑ "Player search: Leggat, G (Graham)". English National Football Archive (ENFA). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "Graham Leggat". BromsgroveFootball.org.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2003. Select content required via dropdown menus.
  14. ↑ "Graham Leggat". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 19 March 2003.
  15. ↑ Graham Leggat at the Scottish Football Association
  16. ↑ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (2 March 2023). "Scotland – International Matches 1956–1960". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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