James Cleland (7 October 1869 – 16 November 1942) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left.
[1] Cleland made one appearance for Liverpool, in the test match against Bury at the end of the 1894–95 season.
Injuries to key players meant that Cleland got the chance to play for the club, following his loan from Edinburgh club St Bernard's.
[3] Cleland married to Agnes Hutchison Rankin on 26 December 1901 in Glasgow.
This biographical article related to association football in Scotland, about a forward born in the 1860s, is a stub.