James Cleland (footballer)

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James Cleland (7 October 1869 – 16 November 1942) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left.[1]

Full name James Cleland
Date of birth (1869-10-07)7 October 1869
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 16 November 1942(1942-11-16) (aged 73)
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James Cleland
Personal information
Full name James Cleland
Date of birth (1869-10-07)7 October 1869
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 16 November 1942(1942-11-16) (aged 73)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1893 Minerva
1893–1894 Third Lanark 11 (2)
1894–1896 St Bernard's 7 (2)
1895Liverpool (loan) 1 (0)
1896–1897 Abercorn 5 (2)
1897–1898 Partick Thistle 6 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Career

Cleland 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

Cleland 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]

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