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Les Speed

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Les Speed
Personal information
Full name Leslie Speed[1]
Date of birth (1923-10-03)3 October 1923[2]
Place of birth Caergwrle, Wales[1]
Date of death 5 June 2012(2012-06-05) (aged 88)
Place of death Wrexham, Wales
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Llandudno
1945–1955 Wrexham 211 (0)
Stafford Rangers
Holywell Town
Managerial career
Stafford Rangers
Holywell Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leslie Speed (3 October 1923 – 5 June 2012) was a Welsh professional footballer. He made over 200 appearances in the Football League with Wrexham.[2]

Career

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Speed guested for Chelsea and Portsmouth during the Second World War.[3]

After the war he signed for Wrexham, where he spent 10 years and made over 200 appearances for the club.[1]

After leaving Wrexham, he went on appear for Stafford Rangers and Holywell Town as player-manager.[3]

Death

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Speed died on 5 June 2012 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Les Speed". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Les Speed". Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Tributes to former Wrexham favourite Les Speed". Andrew Boyd. Retrieved 30 June 2018.