Born on 26th December 1898 in Blackburn, ex Football League player James 'Jim' Leaver signed for Mossley as a player in August 1928 and was immediately appointed club captain.
He went on to make 141 appearances, scoring 6 goals from full back and wing half before departing for Stalybridge Celtic in the closed season of 1932. He was appointed manager of Celtic but returned to Mossley in the same capacity in 1939 in the ill fated war-time season.
Leaver was a former professional Former Blackpool (106 - 4) and Watford (35 - 3) player who had begun his career with his home town club Blackburn Rovers.
James Leaver died in 1959.
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