Len Browning | |
Fullname: | Leonard James Browning |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1928 |
Birth Place: | Doncaster, England |
Death Place: | Leeds, England |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1946–1951 |
Years2: | 1951–1954 |
Clubs2: | Sheffield United |
Caps1: | 97 |
Caps2: | 65 |
Goals1: | 43 |
Goals2: | 25 |
Leonard James Browning (30 March 1928 – 27 September 2008) was an English footballer. He played as a striker for Leeds United and Sheffield United. Browning joined Leeds as an 18-year-old in 1946, and moved to Sheffield United in 1951. He scored more than 70 goals in a career that lasted only eight years. Browning was forced to retire in 1954 after developing tuberculosis. He died on 27 September 2008 of prostate cancer.