Len Puddefoot

Len Puddefoot
Puddefoot at West Ham United during the 1919–20 season.
Personal information
Full name Leonard Frederick Puddefoot
Date of birth (1898-11-22)22 November 1898
Place of birth Limehouse, England
Date of death 1996 (aged 97–98)
Place of death Tower Hamlets, England
Playing position 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)
Teams managed
1927–1928 Örgryte
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Leonard Frederick Puddefoot (22 November 1898 – 1996)[2] was an English football player and manager.

Career

Playing career

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

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

  1. ↑ "Hibernians, 1; Falkirk 0". The Scotsman. Retrieved 7 October 2017 – via London Hearts.
  2. ↑ "Leonard Frederick Puddefoot, England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837–2007". FamilySearch. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Marsh, Steve. "1919–20". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Scottish League Campaign". Athletic News. 7 August 1922. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 170. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
  6. ↑ Ferguson, Ed (13 December 2016). "When Falkirk broke the world transfer record". The Scotsman. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sydney & Leonard Puddefoot". Falkirk Football Historian. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Klubbdata" [Club Data] (in Swedish). Örgryte IS. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "History". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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