Ivan Sharpe
 Sharpe was part of Great Britain's 1912 Olympic gold medal winning football team. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ivan Gordon Sharpe | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1889 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | St Albans, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 February 1968 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Southport, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –1907 | St Albans | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1907–1908 | Watford | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1908–1911 | Glossop North End | ||||||||||||||||
| 1911–1913 | Derby County | 57 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 1913–1919 | Leeds City | 65 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 1920 | Leeds United | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1911–1914 | England amateur | (4) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Ivan Gordon Sharpe (15 June 1889 – 9 February 1968) was an English amateur
Great Britain Olympic football team, with whom he won an Olympic gold medal at the 1912 games in Sweden.[2] He is also one of very few players to have played for both Leeds City (65 appearances and 17 goals) and Leeds United (1 appearance 0 goals).[3]
After retirement he enjoyed a long career as a sports journalist, becoming president of the
Wolverhampton Wanderers match day programme for many years right up to his death. He produced a volume of memoirs "40 Years in Football"[5] in 1954, as well as writing "Soccer Top Ten[6]
" in 1962, detailing his ten favourite players.
International goals
- England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sharpe goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
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| 1 | 25 May 1911 | Spitalacker, Bern, Switzerland |  Switzerland |
1–0 |
4–1 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 24 February 1914 | Bruxelles , Belgium |
 Belgium |
? |
8–1 | ||
| 3 | ?
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| 4 | 10 June 1914 | Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden |  Sweden |
2-0 |
5–1 |
References
- ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Leeds City". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Ivan Sharpe". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "LUFCTALK | Leeds United Fans Forum".
- ^ "The Cup Final Broadcast". The Times. 21 April 1936. p. 12.
- ^ "LUFCTALK | Leeds United Fans Forum".
- ^ "LUFCTALK | Leeds United Fans Forum".
- ^ "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Switzerland v England, 25 May 1911". www.11v11.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "24 February 1914 - Belgium 1 England 8". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Sweden v England, 10 June 1914". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. pp. 209–210. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
- "Ivan Sharp Olympic games profile". Retrieved 14 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
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