James Gillespie (footballer)
James Gillespie was a Scottish footballer who played for Renton, Greenock Morton, Sunderland, Sunderland Albion, Third Lanark,Ayr and Scotland.Gillespie, an outside right, joined Sunderland after spells in Scotland with Renton and Greenock Morton. After just two appearances for Sunderland, he moved to their rivals Sunderland Albion, but returned to Roker Park in 1892. Gillespie won the English league championship twice with Sunderland, in 1893 and 1895, and won the 1895 World Championship. He scored a total of 52 goals in 148 appearances in all competitions for
He returned to Scotland in 1897 with Third Lanark and it was with the Glasgow club that he won his only Scotland cap. Despite scoring a hat-trick in Scotland's 5–2 win over Wales on 19 March 1898, he was never capped again for his country.Honours
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