James Hunter Leadbetter (15 July 1928 – 18 July 2006) was a Scottish footballer, most notable for his achievements as a left-winger with Ipswich Town during the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only Scottish footballer to win English Third, Second and First Division championship medals with the same club. Biography Leadbetter was born in Edinburgh on 15 July 1928, the son of a local garage owner who had played for Bathgate. He was a pupil at Balgreen Primary School, where he was six years above Dave Mackay. He married Janet Manson in 1952, with whom he had a daughter. Football career Leadbetter played for Murrayfield Athletic until the age of 17, when he started his National Service in the Royal Artillery. Whilst in the Army he played for a Combined Services team managed by former Bolton and Liverpool player Johnny Wheeler. After leaving the army, he played for Hibernian feeder club Edinburgh Thistle, winning the Scottish Juvenile Cup, before turning professional with Armadale Thistle. In July 1949 he signed for Chelsea, but failed to claim a place in the first team, playing just three games in three years. He was the first player to leave Chelsea after Ted Drake became manager, signing for Brighton & Hove Albion in 1952 as part of a player exchange deal that saw Chelsea pay Brighton £12,000 plus Leadbetter for Johnny McNichol. He became a regular player at the Goldstone Ground, averaging a goal every four matches, which saw him established as one of the best wingers outside the First Division. In 1955 Leadbetter asked for a transfer, and Ipswich Town manager Scott Duncan signed him for £1,750. Duncan was replaced as Ipswich manager by Alf Ramsey three weeks later, and Leadbetter, then an inside forward, made his Ipswich debut in the Football League Third Division South on 8 October 1955 in a 1–0 home win over Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic. This was his only game until December, but he then took over from George MacLuckie at outside left, earning a regular first team place. He continued his fine form at Portman Road and helped Ipswich win the division title in 1956–57, earning promotion to the Second Division. Whilst at Ipswich, Ramsey converted Leadbetter from an outside left to a more withdrawn left-winger role. He began to play deeper, threading through passes or providing crosses for the prolific goalscoring partnership of Ray Crawford and