Leslie Johnston

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Personal information
Leslie Johnston
Date of birth	16 August 1920
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	October 19, 2001 (aged 81)
Playing position	Forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	Clydebank Juniors Clyde Hibernian Celtic Stoke City Shrewsbury Town
National team²
1948	Scotland	2 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 July 07. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 13 July 07. * Appearances (Goals)

Leslie Hamilton Johnston (born 16 August 1920 in Glasgow; died 19 October 2001) was a Scottish footballer who played for Clydebank Juniors, Clyde, Hibernian, Celtic, Stoke City, Shrewsbury Town and the Scotland national football team.

Johnston moved to Clyde from Clydebank Juniors in December 1941 before joining Hibernian in February 1947 for £10,000, a then Scottish football transfer record. However, he rejoined Clyde just eight months later for the same transfer fee. He joined Celtic the following year for £12,000, another Scottish transfer record. He remained with Celtic for just one year, before moving to English club Stoke City for £9,000. He remained with Stoke for six years before ending his playing career at Shrewsbury Town.

During his second spell at Clyde, he earned two caps for Scotland. He scored in the second of his caps, a 2-1 defeat to Switzerland in May 1948.