Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adam Hudson Black [1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 February 1898 | ||
Place of birth | Denny, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 30 August 1981 | (aged 83)||
Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1919–1920 | Bathgate | ||
1920–1935 | Leicester City | 528 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Adam Hudson Black (18 February 1898 – 30 August 1981) was a Scottish footballer who played for Leicester City in the Football League in the 1920s and 1930s. [1]
He played for Leicester between January 1920 and 1935 and made a total of 557 senior appearances, [3] including 528 in the Football League, the Foxes club record. [4]
Born in Denny, prior to joining Leicester Black fought in World War I with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and won the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry near Mœuvres on 21 March 1918. [4] [5] The citation for his DCM stated that Black "bombed out a large portion of a trench captured by the enemy in spite of strenuous opposition. His initiative, leadership and personal gallantry were worthy of the highest praise". [5]
Black made his debut for Leicester on 24 January 1920 in a 3–2 victory over Hull City after becoming one of Peter Hodge's first signings for the club and began to establish himself as a first team regular the following season. Over the following few seasons under Hodge, Leicester were slowly built into a Second Division force and Black helped the club to the Second Division title in 1924–25. Black later played a key role as part of the team which finished in the club's second highest league finish of runners-up in the First Division in 1928–29. [6] He progressed to captain the team. [7]
Despite playing 557 times for Leicester, he only managed to score four times. Three of his goals were penalties and the other a bizarre 60-yard free kick against Sunderland in 1933, which Black accidentally overhit. [6] He made his final Leicester appearance in February 1935. [7]
He played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match in 1923. [8]
A suite at Leicester's home ground, the King Power Stadium, is named in his honour. [9]
Black married in Clydebank in 1920. [7] His brother John Black (born 1900) also played football for various Football League teams. [10]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Adam Hudson Black [1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 February 1898 | ||
Place of birth | Denny, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 30 August 1981 | (aged 83)||
Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1919–1920 | Bathgate | ||
1920–1935 | Leicester City | 528 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Adam Hudson Black (18 February 1898 – 30 August 1981) was a Scottish footballer who played for Leicester City in the Football League in the 1920s and 1930s. [1]
He played for Leicester between January 1920 and 1935 and made a total of 557 senior appearances, [3] including 528 in the Football League, the Foxes club record. [4]
Born in Denny, prior to joining Leicester Black fought in World War I with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and won the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry near Mœuvres on 21 March 1918. [4] [5] The citation for his DCM stated that Black "bombed out a large portion of a trench captured by the enemy in spite of strenuous opposition. His initiative, leadership and personal gallantry were worthy of the highest praise". [5]
Black made his debut for Leicester on 24 January 1920 in a 3–2 victory over Hull City after becoming one of Peter Hodge's first signings for the club and began to establish himself as a first team regular the following season. Over the following few seasons under Hodge, Leicester were slowly built into a Second Division force and Black helped the club to the Second Division title in 1924–25. Black later played a key role as part of the team which finished in the club's second highest league finish of runners-up in the First Division in 1928–29. [6] He progressed to captain the team. [7]
Despite playing 557 times for Leicester, he only managed to score four times. Three of his goals were penalties and the other a bizarre 60-yard free kick against Sunderland in 1933, which Black accidentally overhit. [6] He made his final Leicester appearance in February 1935. [7]
He played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match in 1923. [8]
A suite at Leicester's home ground, the King Power Stadium, is named in his honour. [9]
Black married in Clydebank in 1920. [7] His brother John Black (born 1900) also played football for various Football League teams. [10]