Les Major Explained

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]

Honours

Plymouth Argyle

1951–52

Notes and References

  1. http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=513&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 "Les Major profile"
  2. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/lesmajor.html "Les Major profile"
  3. http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=751&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 "Bill Shortt profile"
  4. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/post84BMDSearchStart.action "Births, marriages and deaths"