Len Puddefoot
 Puddefoot at West Ham United during the 1919–20 season. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonard Frederick Puddefoot | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1898 | ||
| Place of birth | Limehouse, England | ||
| Date of death | 1996 (aged 97–98) | ||
| Place of death | Tower Hamlets, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919–1920 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 1921–1922 | Cette | ||
| 1922 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 1922 | Falkirk | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1927–1928 | Örgryte | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leonard Frederick Puddefoot (22 November 1898 – 1996)[2] was an English football player and manager.
Career
[edit]Playing career
[edit]Puddefoot started his career at West Ham United and appeared in the team photograph for the 1919–20 season.[3] He played with French club Cette in the 1921–22 season.[4]
He joined Falkirk from West Ham United[5] on a month's trial, following his brother Syd, who had moved across the border for a then record transfer fee of £5,000 in February 1922.[6] Puddefoot played a single game for the Scottish club, the first game of the 1922–23 season against Hibernian on 16 August 1922.[7]
Coaching career
[edit]Puddefoot coached Swedish side Örgryte between 1927 and 1928.[8] The team won the Allsvenskan that season, but due to the dual-league system at the time, they were not crowned champions.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hibernians, 1; Falkirk 0". The Scotsman. Retrieved 7 October 2017 – via London Hearts.
- ^ "Leonard Frederick Puddefoot, England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837–2007". FamilySearch. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ Marsh, Steve. "1919–20". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Scottish League Campaign". Athletic News. 7 August 1922. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 170. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
- ^ Ferguson, Ed (13 December 2016). "When Falkirk broke the world transfer record". The Scotsman. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Sydney & Leonard Puddefoot". Falkirk Football Historian. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Klubbdata" [Club Data] (in Swedish). Örgryte IS. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ "History". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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