Samuel Fleming

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Samuel Fleming
Personal information
Full name Samuel Fleming
Date of birth 29 September 1891
Place of birth Shettleston, Scotland
Date of death 15 August 1951(1951-08-15) (aged 59)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Inside right
Youth career
Tollcross Ramblers
Deanston
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Vale of Clyde
1911–1918 Hibernian 147 (41)
1918 St Mirren 1 (0)
1918–1922 Clyde 64 (17)
1922–1924 Albion Rovers 45 (15)
1926 Johnstone 1 (0)
Total 260 (73)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Fleming (29 September 1891 – 15 August 1951) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside right, primarily for Hibernian where he played regularly six seasons from 1911 and 1917;[2] he took part in the 1914 Scottish Cup Final which Hibs lost to Celtic after a replay.[3][4]

After a year of being registered with Hibernian but without playing for them (the absence possibly relating to World War I commitments) he signed St Mirren, but only stayed there for a matter of weeks, making one Scottish Football League appearance before moving on to Clyde.[5] He remained at Shawfield for four years and was part of a team defeated in a final by Celtic for a second time, this time in the Glasgow Cup of 1920.[6] Fleming signed for Albion Rovers in 1922, and after seemingly having retired two years later, he made another single appearance for a Renfrewshire-based club, this time third-tier Johnstone, in 1926.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mainly About Players. The Scottish Referee, 18 December 1911. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  2. ^ (Hibernian player) Fleming, Samuel, FitbaStats
  3. ^ "Scottish Cup Final | Easy Victory for Celtic Over Hibernians". The Scotsman. 17 April 1914. Retrieved 17 September 2020 – via The Celtic Wiki.
  4. ^ Association Football. | Scottish Cup–Replayed Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1914
  5. ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Association Football. | Celtic Win A Cup., The Glasgow Herald, 4 October 1920