Adam Black (footballer, born 1898)

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Adam Black
Personal information
Date of birth (1898-02-18)18 February 1898
Place of birth Denny, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Date of death 1981
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 Black (18 February 1898 - 1981) was a Scottish-born 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 for the Foxes,[2] including 528 league appearances and he thus holds the record for most league appearances for Leicester.[3]

Early life

Prior to joining Leicester he fought in World War I with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and won the Distinguished Conduct Medal.[3]

Career

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 highest ever league finish of runners-up in the First Division in 1928–29.[4]

Despite playing 557 times for Leicester, he only managed to score 4 times. Three of his goals were penalties and the other a bizarre 60 yard free-kick against Sunderland in 1933, which Black accidentally over hit.[4]

Legacy

A suite at Leicester's home ground, the King Power Stadium, is named in his honour.[5]

Honours

Leicester City
Records

References

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  5. Function Suites thewalkersstadium.com. Retrieved 1 April 2011[dead link]


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