Les Medley
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leslie Dennis Medley | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Edmonton, London, England | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939-1953 | Tottenham Hotspur | 164 | (46) |
| 1953-1957 | Toronto Ulster United | ||
| 1958-1961 | Randfontein | ||
| Total | 164 | (46) | |
| International career | |||
| 1950–1951 | England | 6 | (1) |
| 1951 | Rest of the UK[1] | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leslie Medley (3 September 1920 – 22 February 2001) was an English footballer who played as a left winger.
Born in Edmonton, London, aged 11 he gained a scholarship place at the Latymer School in Edmonton.[2] He played for the school team and was selected for the schoolboys' England eleven. Medley joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1939 and appeared as a guest player for West Ham United in World War II.[3] Medley was a key man in the Tottenham Hotspur's famous 'push and run' side that won the First Division championship in 1950-51 having won the Second Division the season before, when Les was top scorer. He also won six England caps.[4] He left London in 1954 and joined the Canadian champions Toronto Ulster United, joining Len Garwood his former Tottenham team mate.
References
- ↑ England Player Honours - International Representative Teams englandfootballonline.com Retrieved 27 Jun 2010
- ↑ Obituary in The Guardian
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ England's Players - Mabbutt to Murphy englandfootballonline.com Retrieved 27 Jun 2010
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