Les Speed
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leslie Speed[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1923[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Caergwrle, Wales[1] | ||
| Date of death | 5 June 2012 (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[edit]
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[edit]
Speed died on 5 June 2012 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Les Speed". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Les Speed". Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "Tributes to former Wrexham favourite Les Speed". Andrew Boyd. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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- Wrexham A.F.C. players
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- Portsmouth F.C. wartime guest players
- Stafford Rangers F.C. managers
- Welsh men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
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- Deaths from Alzheimer's disease in the United Kingdom
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