Daniel Le Roux | |
Fullname: | Daniel Leow Le Roux[1] |
Birth Date: | 25 November 1933 |
Birth Place: | Port Shepstone, South Africa |
Death Date: | August 2016 (aged 82) |
Position: | Winger |
Years1: | 1950 |
Years2: | 1951–1956 |
Years3: | 1957–1958 |
Years4: | 1959–1961 |
Years5: | 1962–1965 |
Years6: | 1966 |
Years7: | 1967–1968 |
Years8: | 1970 |
Clubs1: | Berea |
Clubs2: | Queen's Park (Durban) |
Clubs3: | Arsenal |
Clubs4: | Durban City |
Clubs5: | Durban United |
Clubs6: | Addington |
Clubs7: | Durban City |
Clubs8: | Maritzburg |
Caps3: | 5 |
Caps4: | ? |
Caps5: | ? |
Caps6: | ? |
Caps7: | ? |
Caps8: | ? |
Goals3: | 0 |
Goals4: | ? |
Goals5: | ? |
Goals6: | ? |
Goals7: | ? |
Goals8: | ? |
Nationalyears1: | 1954–1955 |
Nationalteam1: | South Africa |
Nationalcaps1: | 6[2] |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Daniel Leow Le Roux (25 November 1933 - August 2016) was a South African former footballer who played as a winger.[3]
He was born in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal. He was a bank clerk before he took up football.[4]
Le Roux played for Queen's Park in his native South Africa before signing for English First Division team Arsenal in February 1957.[1] He made five Football League appearances in the 1957–58 season before returning to South Africa to play for Durban City.[5]
He made his debut on 7 December 1957 in a 2-1 loss to Burnley where he played as an outside right. His teammate Jim Standen was also a debutant.[6]