Leslie Johnston

Not to be confused with Leslie Johnson.

Leslie Johnston

Personal information
Full name	Leslie Hamilton Johnston
Date of birth	(1920-08-16)16 August 1920
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	19 October 2001(2001-10-19) (aged 81)
Place of death	Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Position(s)	Inside forward
Youth career
	Clydebank Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1941–1947	Clyde	24	(15)
1947	Hibernian	9	(8)
1947–1948	Clyde	30	(17)
1948–1949	Celtic	23	(8)
1949–1953	Stoke City	88	(22)
1953–1954	Shrewsbury Town	16	(6)
Total		190	(76)
International career
1945	Scotland (wartime)	1	(1)
1948	Scotland	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leslie Hamilton Johnston (16 August 1920 – 19 October 2001) was a Scottish footballer who played for Clydebank Juniors, Clyde, Hibernian, Celtic, Stoke City, Shrewsbury Town and the Scotland national team.

Club career

Johnston was born in Glasgow. He moved to Clyde from Clydebank Juniors in December 1941 before joining Hibernian in February 1947 for £10,000, a then Scottish football transfer record. However, he rejoined Clyde just eight months later for the same transfer fee. He joined Celtic the following year for £12,000, another Scottish transfer record. He remained with Celtic for just one year, before moving to English club Stoke City for £9,000. He struggled in his first season at the Victoria Ground scoring just five goals in 1949–50. He improved in 1950–51 scoring 13 goals but again struggled to find his form and missed a lot a games due to injury. He was released in May 1953 and he went to play for Shrewsbury Town.

International career

During his second spell at Clyde, Johnston earned two caps for Scotland. He scored in the second of his caps, a 2–1 defeat to Switzerland in May 1948. He had also played for Scotland in one wartime International.

Career statistics

Club

Source:

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Clyde	1946–47	Scottish First Division	24	15	1	1	4	2	29	18
	1947–48	Scottish First Division	23	14	1	0	0	0	24	14
	1948–49	Scottish First Division	7	3	0	0	3	0	10	3
	Total		54	32	2	1	7	2	63	35
Hibernian	1946–47	Scottish First Division	5	3	0	0	0	0	5	3
	1947–48	Scottish First Division	4	5	0	0	5	4	9	9
	Total		9	8	0	0	5	4	14	12
Celtic	1948–49	Scottish First Division	23	8	1	0	0	0	24	8
	1949–50	Scottish First Division	1	0	0	0	4	0	5	0
	Total		24	8	1	0	4	0	29	8
Stoke City	1949–50	First Division	27	5	1	0	—		28	5
	1950–51	First Division	38	13	3	0	—		41	13
	1951–52	First Division	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
	1952–53	First Division	14	4	0	0	—		14	4
	Total		88	22	4	0	—		92	22
Shrewsbury Town	1953–54	Third Division South	16	6	1	0	—		17	6
Career Total			191	76	8	1	16	6	215	83

International

Source:

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1948	2	1
Total		2	1

Honours

Clyde

• Glasgow Cup: 1946–47

External links

• Leslie Johnston at the Scottish Football Association
• Les Johnston at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database