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Len Phillips
Full Name:Leonard Horace Phillips
Birth Date:11 September 1922
Birth Place:Shoreditch, England
Death Place:Portsmouth, England
Position:Inside forward
Youthclubs1:Hillside Y.C.
Years1:194x–1946
Clubs1:Royal Marines
Years2:1946–1956
Clubs2:Portsmouth
Caps2:245
Goals2:48
Years3:1956–1959
Clubs3:Poole Town
Years4:1959–1963
Clubs4:Chelmsford City
Years5:1963–1965
Clubs5:Bath City
Caps5:81
Goals5:7
Years6:1965–1966
Clubs6:Ramsgate Athletic
Years7:1966
Clubs7:Waterlooville
Caps7:23
Goals7:8
Nationalyears1:1951–1954
Nationalteam1:England
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0

Leonard Horace Phillips[1] (11 September 1922 – 9 December 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward, notably for Portsmouth. He won three caps for the England national team.

Career

Phillips was born in Shoreditch, London. At club level, he played his entire professional career for Portsmouth,[2] and was a member of the championship-winning teams of 1949 and 1950.

After his professional career, Phillips went on to play non-league football for Poole Town, Chelmsford City, Bath City and Waterlooville, the latter while working as a lathe operator at De Havilland's works in Portsmouth.[3] He made his last appearance in senior football at the age of 44, in a 3–0 win for Waterlooville against Andover on 24 September 1966. After that, Phillips appeared for several years in occasional charity matches for the Pompey ex-Professionals team.

Death

Phillips died in Portsmouth on 9 December 2011.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: England's Players - Page to Pym . England Football Online . 10 October 2009.
  2. Web site: Birmingham City : 1946/47–2008/09 . UK A–Z Transfers . Neil Brown . 10 October 2009.
  3. News: Len Phillips - outstanding inside-forward . The News (Portsmouth) . 23 March 2006 . 10 October 2009 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080519035146/http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/famousplayers/Len-Phillips--outstanding-insideforward.1396805.jp . 19 May 2008.
  4. Web site: Pompey Mourn Len Phillips . Portsmouth FC . 10 December 2011 . 9 December 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120406130045/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Pompey-Mourn-Len-Phillips-2892.aspx . 6 April 2012 .
  5. Web site: Len Phillips - a tribute. Vital Football. 10 December 2011. 9 December 2011.