Len Phillips
For other people named Len Phillips, see Len Phillips (disambiguation).
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonard Horace Phillips | ||
Date of birth | 11 September 1922 | ||
Place of birth | Shoreditch, England | ||
Date of death | 9 December 2011 89) | (aged||
Place of death | Portsmouth, England | ||
Playing position | Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Hillside Y.C. | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
194x–1946 | Royal Marines | ||
1946–1956 | Portsmouth | 245 | (48) |
1956–1959 | Poole Town | ||
1959–1963 | Chelmsford City | ||
1963–1965 | Bath City | 81 | (7) |
1965–1966 | Ramsgate Athletic | ||
National team | |||
1951–1954 | England | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Leonard Horace "Len" Phillips[1] (11 September 1922 – 9 December 2011) was a professional footballer who won three caps for the England national team.
Phillips was born in Shoreditch, London. At club level, he played his entire professional career for Portsmouth,[2] and was a member of the championship-winning teams of 1949 and 1950.
After his professional career, Phillips went on to play non-league football for Poole Town, Chelmsford City and Bath City, then worked as a lathe operator at De Havilland's works in Portsmouth.[3]
Phillips died in Portsmouth on 9 December 2011.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "England's Players - Page to Pym". England Football Online. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ↑ "Birmingham City : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ↑ "Len Phillips - outstanding inside-forward". The News (Portsmouth). 23 March 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ↑ "Pompey Mourn Len Phillips". Portsmouth FC. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ↑ "Len Phillips - a tribute". Vital Football. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
External links
- League stats at Neil Brown's site
- Len Phillips England profile at Englandstats
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