Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ian Colin Gillespie [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 May 1913||
Place of birth | Plymouth, England [1] | ||
Date of death | 5 March 1988[2] | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Ipswich, England [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Frost's Athletic | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Norwich City | |||
Harwich & Parkeston | |||
1937–1946 | Crystal Palace | 21 | (4) |
1945–1946 | Ipswich Town (guest) | ||
1946–1947 | Ipswich Town | 6 | (1) |
1947 | Colchester United | 4 | (1) |
Leiston | |||
Total | 31 | (6) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ian Colin Gillespie (6 May 1913 – 5 March 1988) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town. He was also signed to Norwich City.
Born in Plymouth, Gillespie began his career playing for Frost's Athletic, a youth club associated with Norwich City. He signed for Norwich in 1933, prior to signing for Harwich & Parkeston in the non-leagues. [1] [2] From there, he signed for Crystal Palace in February 1937. He appeared 27 times and scored five goals for Palace, [3] including four goals in 21 league appearances. [2] He also made over 80 wartime appearances for Palace. [4]
During World War II, Gillespie made guest appearances at a number of clubs, including Ipswich Town, where he played 29 first-team games during the war years, scoring four goals. He signed for Ipswich permanently in April 1946, going on to make six Football League appearances, scoring once [5] before moving to Southern League neighbours Colchester United in May 1947. [2]
Gillespie made his Colchester debut on 17 May in a 2–0 away defeat to Bedford Town. [6] He scored his first, and only, league goal in the reverse fixture one-week later, on this occasion a 4–0 victory at Layer Road. [7] His final game came on 11 September 1947, a 3–0 Southern League Cup victory over rivals Chelmsford City, a game in which he also scored. [8]
After leaving Colchester, Gillespie would later play for Leiston. [1] He died in Ipswich on 5 March 1988. [2]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Ian Colin Gillespie [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 May 1913||
Place of birth | Plymouth, England [1] | ||
Date of death | 5 March 1988[2] | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Ipswich, England [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Frost's Athletic | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Norwich City | |||
Harwich & Parkeston | |||
1937–1946 | Crystal Palace | 21 | (4) |
1945–1946 | Ipswich Town (guest) | ||
1946–1947 | Ipswich Town | 6 | (1) |
1947 | Colchester United | 4 | (1) |
Leiston | |||
Total | 31 | (6) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ian Colin Gillespie (6 May 1913 – 5 March 1988) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town. He was also signed to Norwich City.
Born in Plymouth, Gillespie began his career playing for Frost's Athletic, a youth club associated with Norwich City. He signed for Norwich in 1933, prior to signing for Harwich & Parkeston in the non-leagues. [1] [2] From there, he signed for Crystal Palace in February 1937. He appeared 27 times and scored five goals for Palace, [3] including four goals in 21 league appearances. [2] He also made over 80 wartime appearances for Palace. [4]
During World War II, Gillespie made guest appearances at a number of clubs, including Ipswich Town, where he played 29 first-team games during the war years, scoring four goals. He signed for Ipswich permanently in April 1946, going on to make six Football League appearances, scoring once [5] before moving to Southern League neighbours Colchester United in May 1947. [2]
Gillespie made his Colchester debut on 17 May in a 2–0 away defeat to Bedford Town. [6] He scored his first, and only, league goal in the reverse fixture one-week later, on this occasion a 4–0 victory at Layer Road. [7] His final game came on 11 September 1947, a 3–0 Southern League Cup victory over rivals Chelmsford City, a game in which he also scored. [8]
After leaving Colchester, Gillespie would later play for Leiston. [1] He died in Ipswich on 5 March 1988. [2]