Ivan Sharpe

Ivan Sharpe
Sharpe was part of Great Britain's 1912 Olympic gold medal winning football team.
Personal information
Full name Ivan Gordon Sharpe
Date of birth (1889-06-15)15 June 1889
Place of birth St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Date of death 9 February 1968(1968-02-09) (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
Men's football
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Gordon Sharpe (15 June 1889 – 9 February 1968) was an English amateur footballer. Although an amateur, he played for several professional clubs, including Watford, Derby County— with whom he won the Football League First Division in 1911–12–and later Leeds United. He represented the England national amateur football team, and also the 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 Football Writers Association. He served as editor of the Athletic News Football Annual and also of the Athletic News Cricket Annual. In 1936 he was selected by the BBC to be one of two journalists (the other being Norman Creek) who for the first time provided live commentary on the FA Cup Final.[4] He continued to contribute a hard-hitting article to 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.
List of international goals scored by Ivan Sharpe[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 25 May 1911 Spitalacker, Bern, Switzerland   Switzerland
1–0
 4–1 Friendly
[8]
2 24 February 1914 Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Bruxelles, Belgium  Belgium
?
 8–1
[9]
3
?
4 10 June 1914 Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden  Sweden
2-0
 5–1
[10]

References

  1. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Leeds City". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Ivan Sharpe". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ "LUFCTALK | Leeds United Fans Forum".
  4. ^ "The Cup Final Broadcast". The Times. 21 April 1936. p. 12.
  5. ^ "LUFCTALK | Leeds United Fans Forum". Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  6. ^ "LUFCTALK | Leeds United Fans Forum". Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  7. ^ "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Switzerland v England, 25 May 1911". www.11v11.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  9. ^ "24 February 1914 - Belgium 1 England 8". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Sweden v England, 10 June 1914". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.