Joe Leiper

Joe Leiper
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Leiper
Date of birth	15 March 1873
Place of birth	Govan, Scotland
Date of death	3 February 1937 (aged 64)
Place of death	Hillhead, Glasgow
Position(s)	Full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1890–1891	Minerva
1891–1892	Partick Thistle
1892–1900	Derby County
1900–1902	Grimsby Town
1902–1903	Chesterfield Town
1903	Partick Thistle
1903–1904	Motherwell
1904	Hull City
1904–1905	Aberdare Town
1905–190?	Belper Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Leiper (15 March 1873 – 3 February 1937) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full-back.^[2]

He was the son of Joseph Leiper Sr., a wine merchant, and Ellen Barr. He married Martha Harrison and they had three sons and three daughters. He worked as a ship plater's helper. He died of heart failure in Glasgow, aged 64.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ""Joe Leiper Funeral of Former Derby County Player". Derby Daily Telegraph. 8 February 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 42. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.

[obit-1] ""Joe Leiper Funeral of Former Derby County Player". Derby Daily Telegraph. 8 February 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

[2] Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 42. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.

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