Graham Leggat
Graham Leggat (born June 20, 1934 in Aberdeen , Scotland , † August 29, 2015 ) was a Scottish football player , coach and television presenter . The winger was part of the Scottish national team for the 1958 World Cup finals .
Athletic career
Leggat played from 1953 in the competition team of FC Aberdeen . With the club he won the league title in 1955 and the league cup the following year . After he had previously played in the Scottish league selection, his good performances led to his national team debut in April 1956. In the 1-1 draw against England in April 1956 as part of the British Home Championship 1955/56 , he scored his first international goal directly, with the result that all four competing teams shared the title. Two years later he played under the interim national coach Dawson Walker in the first two group games of the world championship tournament in Sweden. After only one point from the games against Paraguay and Yugoslavia , the coach changed the offensive almost completely, but after a final 1: 2 defeat against the later tournament third France , the selection was eliminated as the group bottom.
After the tournament, Leggat moved to England and joined the then second division club Fulham . With the club he rose to the First Division in the summer of 1959 . At the same time, he continued to succeed in the national team, in the British Home Championship 1959/60 he was crowned top scorer with three goals - he scored once in each game. Again he won the competition with the selection, with the title being shared between Scotland, England and Wales after one win and two draws. Subsequently, his selection career ended after eight goals in 18 international matches .
In 1966 Leggat left Fulham, where he placed himself among the most accurate goalscorers in the club's history with 127 championship goals. This was followed by short stays at the second division club Birmingham City , Rotherham United in the third division and the Bromsgrove Rovers in non-league football . In 1971 he moved to the North American Soccer League at the Toronto Metros at the end of his career . There he worked as a trainer until 1972.
Leggat then worked for the state broadcaster of Canada and commented at the 1976 Summer Olympics and at various world championships. He later moved to The Sports Network , where he hosted the program Soccer Saturday .
In 2001 Leggat was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame . He died in his new home in August 2015.
Leggate's son presided over the San Francisco Film Society from 2005 until his death in 2011 .
Web links
- Graham Leggat
- Graham Leggat ( Memento of March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leggat, Graham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish soccer player, coach and television presenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aberdeen , Scotland , United Kingdom |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th August 2015 |
| Place of death | Canada |