Les Gaunt
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leslie Gaunt[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 January 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||
Date of death | 1985 (aged 66–67)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
1934–1935 | Leeds United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1935–1947 | Leeds United | 33 | (0) |
1947–1950 | Reading | 71 | (0) |
Newbury Town | |||
National team | |||
England Schoolboys | 2 | ||
Teams managed | |||
Newbury Town | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Leslie Gaunt (3 January 1918 – 1985), known prior to 1948 as Leslie Goldberg or Les Goldberg,[2] was an English professional football right back who appeared in the Football League for Reading and Leeds United.[1] After his retirement he managed Newbury Town, scouted for Oxford United and worked in a scouting and administrative capacity for Reading.[2][3]
Personal life[]
Gaunt saw active service with the British Army in India during the Second World War.[2]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leeds United | 1937–38[4] | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1938–39[4] | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
1946–47[4] | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Career total | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Les Gaunt". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Leeds United F.C. History". www.ozwhitelufc.net.au. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Goldberg Leslie Image 1 Leeds United 1938". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Leeds United F.C. History". www.ozwhitelufc.net.au. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
Categories:
- English Football League players
- English footballers
- Exeter City F.C. players
- 1918 births
- 1985 deaths
- Association football fullbacks
- Sportspeople from Leeds
- Brentford F.C. wartime guest players
- Leeds United F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Arsenal F.C. wartime guest players
- Aldershot F.C. wartime guest players
- Reading F.C. wartime guest players
- English football managers
- Reading F.C. non-playing staff
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Newbury Town F.C. players
- Oxford United F.C. non-playing staff
- English football defender, 1910s birth stubs