Samuel Fleming Explained

Samuel Fleming
Fullname:Samuel Fleming
Height:5ft 8in[1]
Position:Inside right
Birth Date:29 September 1891
Birth Place:Shettleston, Scotland
Death Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Youthclubs1:Tollcross Ramblers
Youthclubs2:Deanston
Years1:
Clubs1:Vale of Clyde
Years2:1911–1918
Clubs2:Hibernian
Caps2:147
Goals2:41
Years3:1918
Clubs3:St Mirren
Caps3:1
Goals3:0
Years4:1918–1922
Clubs4:Clyde
Caps4:64
Goals4:17
Years5:1922–1924
Caps5:45
Goals5:15
Years6:1926
Clubs6:Johnstone
Caps6:1
Goals6:0
Years7:
Totalcaps:260
Totalgoals:73

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. 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.[5] 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.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1911/1911121609.htm Mainly About Players.
  2. https://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/player.php?playerid=5706 (Hibernian player) Fleming, Samuel
  3. Web site: Scottish Cup Final Easy Victory for Celtic Over Hibernians. The Scotsman. The Celtic Wiki. 17 April 1914. 17 September 2020.
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2MZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6726%2C5962026 Association Football. Scottish Cup–Replayed Final Tie.
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o9JAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MaYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5138%2C3539403 Association Football. Celtic Win A Cup.
  6. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.