Len Puddefoot | |
Fullname: | Leonard Frederick Puddefoot |
Birth Date: | 22 November 1898 |
Birth Place: | Limehouse, England |
Death Place: | Tower Hamlets, England |
Position: | Forward[1] |
Years1: | 1919–1920 |
Clubs1: | West Ham United |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1921–1922 |
Clubs2: | Cette |
Years3: | 1922 |
Clubs3: | West Ham United |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1922 |
Clubs4: | Falkirk |
Caps4: | 1 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1927–1928 |
Managerclubs1: | Örgryte |
Leonard Frederick Puddefoot (22 November 1898 – 1996)[2] was an English football player and manager.
Puddefoot started his career at West Ham United and appeared in the team photograph for the 1919–20 season.[3] He played with French club Cette in the 1921–22 season.[4]
He joined Falkirk from West Ham United[5] on a month's trial, following his brother Syd, who had moved across the border for a then record transfer fee of £5,000 in February 1922.[6] Puddefoot played a single game for the Scottish club, the first game of the 1922–23 season against Hibernian on 16 August 1922.[7]
Puddefoot coached Swedish side Örgryte between 1927 and 1928.[8] The team won the Allsvenskan that season, but due to the dual-league system at the time, they were not crowned champions.[9]