Graham Leggat

	Leggat with Fulham in 1958
Personal information
Full name	Graham Leggat
Date of birth	20 June 1934
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death	29 August 2015 (aged 81)
Place of death	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Position(s)	Right winger
Youth career
	Banks O'Dee
Senior career*
Years	Team
1953–1958	Aberdeen
1958–1966	Fulham
1966–1967	Birmingham City
1968	Rotherham United
1970	Bromsgrove Rovers
1971	Toronto Metros
Total
International career
1954–1957	Scottish Football League XI
1956–1960	Scotland
1959	SFA trial v SFL
Managerial career
1971–1972	Toronto Metros
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Graham Leggat (20 June 1934 – 29 August 2015) was a Scottish international footballer.

Playing career

Born in Aberdeen, Leggat started his career at his home town club 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. In November 2017, he was one of four inductees into the Aberdeen Hall of Fame.^[4]

He was transferred to Fulham in 1958 for £16,000 (£472,000 today), where he formed a right flank partnership with England captain Johnny Haynes. Leggat held the record for the fastest hat-trick in the English league, having scored three goals in three minutes in a 10–1 win for Fulham against Ipswich Town on 26 December 1963.^[5] This record was broken in May 2015 by Sadio Mané of Southampton.^[5]

He wound down his career with short spells at Birmingham City, Rotherham United and Bromsgrove Rovers.

International

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. He also scored six goals for the Scottish Football League XI in five appearances.^[2]

Coaching and media career

After a brief period working as a coach at Aston Villa, in 1971 Leggat emigrated to Canada and served as the first head coach of the Toronto Metros. Several years later he would become vice-president and managing director for the Edmonton Drillers from 1979 to 1980.^[6]

He began a second career as an analyst on soccer telecasts for the CBC at the 1976 Summer Olympics 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'. Leggat died in August 2015, aged 81.^[7]

Personal life

His son, also named Graham Leggat, was executive director of the San Francisco Film Society from October 2005 until his death in August 2011.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen^[9]	1953–54	Scottish Division One	26	15	5	4	0	0	—		31	19
	1954–55		26	11	5	0	5	2	—		36	13
	1955–56		18	19	1	1	10	9	—		29	29
	1956–57		24	12	2	1	5	3	—		31	16
	1957–58		15	7	3	1	6	7	—		24	15
	Total		109	64	16	7	26	21	—		151	92
Fulham^[10]	1958–59	Second Division	36	21	4	1	—		—		40	22
	1959–60	First Division	28	18	2	2	—		—		30	20
	1960–61		36	23	0	0	0	0	—		36	23
	1961–62		31	14	8	1	0	0	—		39	15
	1962–63		33	10	1	0	1	0	—		35	10
	1963–64		25	15	2	1	1	0	—		28	16
	1964–65		17	4	0	0	2	0	—		19	4
	1965–66		33	16	1	0	3	0	—		37	16
	1966–67		15	8	0	0	1	2	—		16	10
	Total		254	129	18	5	8	2	—		280	136
Birmingham City^[11]	1966–67	Second Division	9	1	3	0	0	0	—		12	1
	1967–68	Second Division	7	2	0	0	0	0	—		7	2
	Total		16	3	3	0	0	0	—		19	3
Rotherham United^[12]	1968–69	Third Division	16	7	2	0	1	0	—		19	7
Bromsgrove Rovers^[13]	1969–70	West Midlands (Regional) League	8	6	0	0	—		1^[c]	0	9	6
Toronto Metros^[14]	1971	North American Soccer League	11	2	—		—				11	2
Career total			414	211	39	12	35	23	1	0	489	246

^ Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup
^ Includes Scottish League Cup, Football League Cup
^ Appearance in Midland Floodlit League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[15]
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^[16]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 April 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	England	1–0	1–1	1956 British Home Championship
2	5 October 1957	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	1–1	1–1	1958 British Home Championship
3	18 October 1958	Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1–0	3–0	1959 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	1960 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

References

^ "Graham Leggat". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b SFL player Graham Leggat, London Hearts Supporters Club
^ The selectors still have problems Archived 20 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine, The Bulletin, 17 March 1959
^ "2017 AFC Hall of Fame". Aberdeen F.C. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "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.
^ "AFC great passes away". afc.co.uk. Aberdeen FC. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
^ Graham Leggat 1960–2011 The Filmmaker Magazine 26 August 2011
^ "Graham Leggat". Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^ Turner, Dennis (2007). Fulham: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 374–391. ISBN 978-1-85983-566-1.
^ Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. pp. 368–371. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
^ "Player search: Leggat, G (Graham)". English National Football Archive (ENFA). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Graham Leggat". BromsgroveFootball.org.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2003. Select content required via dropdown menus.
^ "Graham Leggat". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 19 March 2003.
^ Graham Leggat at the Scottish Football Association
^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (2 March 2023). "Scotland – International Matches 1956–1960". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

Sources

Reid, Harry (2005). The Final Whistle?. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-362-6.

External links

Graham Leggat at the Scottish Football Association
Graham Leggat at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Profile at Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame
International appearances at londonhearts.com Scotland section

[9] Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup

[10] Includes Scottish League Cup, Football League Cup

[16] Appearance in Midland Floodlit League

[1] "Graham Leggat". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[league2-2] 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. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

[mane-5] 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

[11] "Graham Leggat". Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

[12] Turner, Dennis (2007). Fulham: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 374–391. ISBN 978-1-85983-566-1.

[13] Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. pp. 368–371. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.

[14] "Player search: Leggat, G (Graham)". English National Football Archive (ENFA). Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[15] "Graham Leggat". BromsgroveFootball.org.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2003. Select content required via dropdown menus.

[17] "Graham Leggat". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 19 March 2003.

[18] Graham Leggat at the Scottish Football Association

[rsssf60-19] 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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Leggat with Fulham in 1958
Full name	Graham Leggat^[1]
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^[2]	5	(6)
1956–1960	Scotland	18	(8)
1959^[3]	SFA trial v SFL	1	(0)
Managerial career
1971–1972	Toronto Metros
* Club domestic league appearances and goals