Sam Latter

Sam Latter
Personal information
Full name Samuel Latter
Date of birth 4 January 1904[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 6 June 2010(2010-06-06) (aged 106)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland[2]
Position(s) Left back[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Kilsyth Rangers[3]
1928–1931 Third Lanark 55 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Latter (4 January 1904 – 6 June 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back in the Scottish Football League for Third Lanark.[3] His spell as a player was brief, but decades later he was featured in national media after becoming Scotland's oldest man,[1] a title he held for ten months until his death aged 106.[2]

  1. ^ a b Football star Sam in new position as our oldest man, The Scotsman, 5 January 2010
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference dies was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012