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Leith Schools Football Team 1947

1947
Leith Schools Football Team 1947

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The football team was made up of boys from different schools in the Leith area.

Alister Laing (middle row, first right).

Ian Crawford (front row, right) played for Hearts and Hibs.

Davy MacKay (front row, third left) captained Scotland and played for Hearts and Tottenham Hotspur.

Bobby Blackwood (middle row, second right).

Donor number: 0114-006

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