Les Major | |
Fullname: | Leslie Dennis Major |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1926 |
Birth Place: | Yeovil, England |
Death Date: | 2001 (aged 74 or 75) |
Death Place: | Derby, England |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1947–1949 |
Caps1: | 26 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1949–1956 |
Caps2: | 75 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 101 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Leslie Dennis Major (25 January 1926 – 2001) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played schoolboy football in Loughborough for Brush Sports, where he was spotted by representatives of Leicester City.[1] He spent two years with the club, making 26 league appearances,[2] before joining Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer as back-up to Welsh international Bill Shortt. He made 23 appearances in his first four seasons with the club, including two in their 1951–52 Third Division South championship winning season.[1] Shortt retired from League football in 1956,[3] and it seemed likely that Major would become the club's first-choice goalkeeper but he was forced to retire from the game that year through injury.[1] He made 78 appearances in all competitions during a seven-year stint with Argyle. He died in Derby in 2001.[4]