Ivan Sharpe

Ivan Gordon Sharpe (15 June 1889 – 9 February 1968) was an English amateur footballer. Although an amateur himself, 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.^[1] 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).^[2]

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
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)
Olympic medal record Men's football Representing  Great Britain 1912 Stockholm Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.^[3] 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"^[4] in 1954, as well as writing "Soccer Top Ten^[5]" 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^[6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1	25 May 1911	Spitalacker, Bern, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–0	4–1	Friendly	^[7]
2	24 February 1914	Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Bruxelles, Belgium	Belgium	?	8–1		^[8]
3				?
4	10 June 1914	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	Sweden	2-0	5–1		^[9]

References

1. "Ivan Sharpe". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
2. "LUFCTALK | Leeds United Fans Forum".
3. "The Cup Final Broadcast". The Times. 21 April 1936. p. 12.
4. "LUFCTALK | Leeds United Fans Forum".
5. "LUFCTALK | Leeds United Fans Forum".
6. "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
7. "Switzerland v England, 25 May 1911". www.11v11.com. from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
8. "24 February 1914 - Belgium 1 England 8". englandfootballonline.com. from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
9. "Sweden v England, 10 June 1914". englandfootballonline.com. 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]}