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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-living man,[1] a title he held for ten months until his death at 106.[2] He is the longest-lived footballer.

Life

The son of a Jewish tailor who emigrated from the Russian Empire, he was raised in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.[1][4][5] After joining Third Lanark from Kilsyth Rangers in 1928, the "giant defender"[5] was a member of the squad which was relegated from Scottish Division One in 1928–29 but also a regular as they went back up as winners of Division Two in 1930–31, and joined the club tour of Denmark that summer.[5] Latter is among the only Scottish Jews to have played football professionally.[6]

Latter married an Edinburgh woman and relocated to the Scottish capital in 1931[1] (they joined the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation from its inception), and having lost his place in the first team at Third Lanark to James Warden, he soon decided to retire from football and pursue other career options.[5] He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and latterly trained fighter pilots, ran a confectionery store on Lothian Road and operated a tyre business in Lauriston, while living in Liberton. His wife Flora predeceased him in 1990, and in 2001 he moved into 'Strachan House', a care home in Blackhall.[1]

Latter fue el hombre vivo más anciano de Escocia entre agosto de 2009 y su muerte en junio de 2010, [ 2 ] y durante algunas semanas fue el judío vivo más anciano de Gran Bretaña. [ 7 ] En una lista de los deportistas documentados más ancianos , es el futbolista más anciano del mundo (a abril de 2024; la lista no es necesariamente definitiva).

Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 La estrella del fútbol Sam ocupa un nuevo puesto como nuestro hombre más veterano , The Scotsman, 5 de enero de 2010
  2. 1 2 3 El hombre más anciano de Escocia, el futbolista Sam Latter, muere a los 106 años , The Scotsman, 17 de junio de 2010
  3. 1 2 3 [Registro de jugadores de la Liga Escocesa de antes de la guerra], John Litster / Revista Scottish Football Historian, octubre de 2012
  4. ↑ Mi carrera como jugador casi se esfumó , Evening Times, 4 de enero de 2010
  5. 1 2 3 4 Samuel Latter , The Jewish Chronicle, 23 de julio de 2010, vía PressReader
  6. ↑ Judah, Jacob (25 de agosto de 2022). «¿Por qué la rivalidad futbolística más feroz de Escocia incluye banderas israelíes y palestinas?» . Agencia Telegráfica Judía . Consultado el 3 de noviembre de 2025 .
  7. ↑ Muere el judío más anciano del Reino Unido, de 106 años , The Jewish Chronicle, 17 de junio de 2010