Lawrie Leslie

**Lawrence Grant Leslie** (17 March 1935 – 4 June 2019) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper.

Leslie was born in Edinburgh. He played for Newtongrange Star in his youth. As a professional, he played for Scottish First Division sides Hibernian and Airdrieonians before playing in the Football League. In England, he played for West Ham United and Stoke City in the First Division, Millwall in the Second Division, and Southend United in the Fourth Division. He retired following the 1968–69 season. He also played for Scotland fives times in the early 1960s.

Leslie died on 4 June 2019, at the age of 84.

## Career statistics

Source:

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|rowspan="2"|Division|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Hibernian|1956–57|Scottish First Division|12|0|0|0|0|0|12|0|||
|1957–58|Scottish First Division|33|0|7|0|6|0|46|0|||||
|1958–59|Scottish First Division|30|0|4|0|6|0|40|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Airdrieonians|1959–60|Scottish First Division|11|0|0|0|0|0|11|0|||
|1960–61|Scottish First Division|31|0|0|0|0|0|31|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|West Ham United|1961–62|First Division|37|0|1|0|1|0|39|0|||
|1962–63|First Division|20|0|0|0|2|0|22|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Stoke City|1963–64||First Division|25|0|5|0|5|0|35|0||
|1964–65|First Division|41|0|3|0|4|0|48|0|||||
|1965–66|First Division|12|0|0|0|2|0|14|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Millwall|1966–67|Second Division|42|0|2|0|2|0|46|0|||
|1967–68|Second Division|25|0|1|0|2|0|28|0|||||
|Southend United|1968–69|Fourth Division|13|0|0|0|2|0|15|0||||

### International

Source:

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|Scotland|1960|2|0|
|1961|3|0|||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Lawrie Leslie
- **fullname**: Lawrence Grant Leslie
- **birth place**: Edinburgh, Scotland
- **position**: Goalkeeper (association football), Goalkeeper
- **youthclubs1**: Newtongrange Star F.C., Newtongrange Star
- **years1**: 1956–1959
- **clubs1**: Hibernian F.C., Hibernian
- **caps1**: 75
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1959–1961
- **clubs2**: Airdrieonians F.C. (1878), Airdrieonians
- **caps2**: 42
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1961–1963
- **clubs3**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps3**: 57
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1963–1966
- **clubs4**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **caps4**: 78
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 1966–1968
- **clubs5**: Millwall F.C., Millwall
- **caps5**: 67
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 1968–1969
- **clubs6**: Southend United F.C., Southend United
- **caps6**: 13
- **goals6**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 332
- **totalgoals**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1960–1961
- **nationalteam2**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 1960–1961
- **nationalteam1**: Scottish Football League XI
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1961
- **nationalteam3**: List of Scottish Football League representative players#Scotland trial matches / SFL Centenary players, SFA trial v SFL
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0