David Letham (7 May 1922 – 17 March 2007) was a Scottish

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player and administrator.

Biography

Letham attended John Street Secondary School in Bridgeton from 1934. In 1942 he completed teacher training at

Jordanhill College Jordanhill College of Education was a higher education college in Jordanhill, Glasgow, Scotland. It opened as a teacher training college in 1921. The college merged with the University of Strathclyde in 1993, becoming its Faculty of Educati ...

. He then enlisted in the RAF as a navigator until the end of the war. He became a Physical Education teacher at John Street, where he remained, with the exception of several years' service in Bernard Street and Albert Secondary schools, until his retirement in 1982. He was principal PE teacher from 1969.

Playing career

Letham played as a

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for Queen's Park, making 98 appearances in the

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. Letham was also a member of the

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squad at the

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Administration career

After retiring as a player, Letham became President of both Queen's Park and the

References

1922 births 2007 deaths Scottish men's footballers Queen's Park F.C. players Scottish Football League players Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Great Britain Scotland men's amateur international footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Glasgow Scottish Olympic competitors {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub