Leonard Hope Green (2 October 1936 – 2 November 2024) was an English footballer who made 50 appearances in the Football League playing as a right back for Darlington. He also played non-league football for clubs including Lingfield Lane and Horden Colliery Welfare.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonard Hope Green[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1936[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bishop Auckland, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 2 November 2024 (aged 88) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Lingfield Lane | |||
| 1955–1961 | Darlington | 50 | (0) |
| Horden Colliery Welfare | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Green was a member of the Darlington team that drew with Chelsea, League champions only three seasons earlier, in the fourth round of the 1958–59 FA Cup, and won the replay 4–1 to progress to the last 16 of the competition for only the second time in the club's history.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Len Green". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ Amos, Mike (29 January 2008). "The day Greener's Darlington made FA Cup clowns of Chelsea". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "Death notice: Leonard Hope Green". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ Simpson, Ray (12 November 2024). "Len Green – funeral details". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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