Graham Leggat (20 June 1934 – 29 August 2015) was a Scottish international footballer.
Playing career Born in Aberdeen, Leggat started his career at his home town club as a right winger. He was part of the Aberdeen team that won the Scottish league title in 1954–55 and the 1955–56 Scottish League Cup. In November 2017, he was one of four inductees into the Aberdeen Hall of Fame.
He was transferred to Fulham in 1958 for £16,000 (£ today), where he formed a right flank partnership with England captain Johnny Haynes. Leggat held the record for the fastest hat-trick in the English league, having scored three goals in three minutes in a 10–1 win for Fulham against Ipswich Town on 26 December 1963. This record was broken in May 2015 by Sadio Mané of Southampton.
He wound down his career with short spells at Birmingham City, Rotherham United and Bromsgrove Rovers.
International Leggat was selected in the Scotland squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, playing in the Scots' matches against Yugoslavia and Paraguay. In total he earned 18 full caps between 1956 and 1960. He also scored six goals for the Scottish Football League XI in five appearances.
Coaching and media career After a brief period working as a coach at Aston Villa, in 1971 Leggat emigrated to Canada and served as the first head coach of the Toronto Metros. Several years later he would become vice-president and managing director for the Edmonton Drillers from 1979 to 1980.
He began a second career as an analyst on soccer telecasts for the CBC at the 1976 Summer Olympics and at the World Cup. He later became host of TSN's popular Soccer Saturday program as well as an on-air analyst on its soccer telecasts. He was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001 as a 'builder'. Leggat died in August 2015, aged 81.
Personal life His son, also named Graham Leggat, was executive director of the San Francisco Film Society from 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, Scotland1–01–11956 British Home Championship25 October 1957Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland1–11–11958 British Home Championship318 October 1958Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales1–03–01959 British Home Championship46 May 1959Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland3–13–2Friendly527 May 1959Olympisch Stadion, Netherlands2–12–1Friendly63 October 1959Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland1–04–01960 British Home Championship74 November 1959Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1–11–11960 British Home Championship819 April 1960Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1–01–11960 British Home Championship
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External links
Profile at Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame International appearances at londonhearts.com Scotland section