Graham Leggat

Graham Leggat (20 June 1934 – 29 August 2015) was a Scottish international footballer. He mainly played as a right winger for Aberdeen and Fulham, and is a member of the Aberdeen Hall of Fame. He was also capped 18 times for Scotland, and played for them at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Leggat held the record for the fastest hat-trick in the English league system, when he scored three goals in three minutes in a 10–1 win against Ipswich Town on 26 December 1963. This record was broken in May 2015 by Southampton winger Sadio Mané.

In 1971, he emigrated to Canada to work at the Toronto Metros. He would later become the vice-president and managing director of the Edmonton Drillers between 1979 and 1980. He also worked as an analyst for the CBC, where he covered the 1976 Summer Olympics and the FIFA World Cup. After leaving the CBC, he became the host of TSN's Soccer Saturday program. He was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001.

Leggat died in August 2015, aged 81. His son, also named Graham Leggat, was the executive director of the San Francisco Film Society between October 2005 until his death in August 2011.Graham Leggat 1960–2011 The Filmmaker Magazine 26 August 2011

 Career statistics 
 Club 
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAberdeen1953–54Scottish Division One26155400—31191954–5526115052—36131955–56181911109—29291956–5724122153—31161957–581573167—2415Total109641672621—15192Fulham1958–59Second Division362141——40221959–60First Division281822——30201960–6136230000—36231961–6231148100—39151962–6333101010—35101963–6425152110—28161964–651740020—1941965–6633161030—37161966–671580012—1610Total25412918582—280136Birmingham City1966–67Second Division913000—1211967–68720000—72Total1633000—193Rotherham United1968–69Third Division1672010—197Bromsgrove Rovers Select content required via dropdown menus.1969–70West Midlands (Regional) League8600—1096Toronto Metros1971 North American Soccer League112——  112Career total4142113912352310489246

 International 
+Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsScotland195621195711195861195954196041Total188

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 LeggatNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition114 April 1956Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1–01–11955–56 British Home Championship25 October 1957Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland1–11–11957–58 British Home Championship318 October 1958Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales1–03–01958–59 British Home Championship46 May 1959Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland3–13–2Friendly527 May 1959Olympisch Stadion, Netherlands2–12–1Friendly63 October 1959Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland1–04–01959–60 British Home Championship74 November 1959Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1–11–11960 British Home Championship819 April 1960Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1–01–11960 British Home Championship

Honours
Aberdeen
 Scottish Division One: 1954–55
 Scottish League Cup: 1955–56

Scotland
 British Home Championship: 1955–56 (shared), 1959–60 (shared) 

References

Sources

Other websites

Profile at Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame
International appearances at londonhearts.com Scotland section

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Category:2015 deaths
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Category:Fulham F.C. players
Category:1958 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Scottish football managers
Category:Naturalized citizens of Canada