James Gillespie (footballer)

James Gillespie (born around 1870) was a Scottish footballer who played for Renton, Greenock Morton, Sunderland, Sunderland Albion, Third Lanark, Ayr and Scotland.

Not to be confused with other footballers named Jim Gillespie.

James Gillespie
Personal information
Date of birth c. 1870
Place of birth Dumbartonshire, Scotland
Position(s) Outside Right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Renton
?–1890 Greenock Morton
1890 Sunderland 2 (1)
1890–1892 Sunderland Albion
1892–1897 Sunderland 129 (47)
1897–1902 Third Lanark 32 (10)
1902–1903 Ayr 17 (7)
National team
1898 Scottish League XI[1] 1 (1)
1898 Scotland 1 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Gillespie, an outside right, joined Sunderland after spells in Scotland with Renton and Greenock Morton.[2] After just two appearances for Sunderland, he moved to their rivals Sunderland Albion, but returned to Roker Park in 1892.[2] Gillespie won the English league championship twice with Sunderland, in 1893 and 1895, and won the 1895 World Championship.[2] He scored a total of 52 goals in 148 appearances in all competitions for[3]

He returned to Scotland in 1897 with Third Lanark[4] and it was with the Glasgow club that he won his only Scotland cap. Despite scoring a hat-trick in Scotland's 5–2 win over Wales on 19 March 1898 (with the others from fellow-debutante, James McKie), he was never capped again for his country.[2][5]

Honours
Sunderland

References
  1. "SFL player] James Gillespie". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  2. James Gillespie at the Scottish Football Association
  3. James Gillespie, The StatCat
  4. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. (Scotland player) James Gillespie, London Hearts Supporters Club
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