Leslie Johnston

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.

Johnston was born in Glasgow and 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 play for Shrewsbury Town.

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

• Sourced from Leslie Johnston profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)