Les Pearson should not be confused with Les Pearson (baseball).
| Les Pearson | |
| Fullname: | Leslie Pearson |
| Birth Place: | unknown |
| Death Place: | unknown |
| Club1: | Salford |
| Year1start: | 1933 |
| Year1end: | ≥34 |
| Year2start: | 1944 |
| Appearances2: | 1 |
| Tries2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
| Points2: | 0 |
| New: | yes |
| Retired: | yes |
| Updated: | 7 May 2024 |
Leslie "Les" Pearson (birth unknown – death unknown) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played at club level for Salford and Oldham RLFC as a wartime guest player, as a .
Pearson made his debut for Salford in October 1933.[1]
Les Pearson was one of the players who successfully toured in France with Salford in 1934, during which the Salford team earned the name "Les Diables Rouges", the seventeen players were; Joe Bradbury, Bob Brown, Aubrey Casewell, Paddy Dalton, Bert Day, Cliff Evans, Jack Feetham, George Harris, Barney Hudson, Emlyn Jenkins, Alf Middleton, Sammy Miller, Harold Osbaldestin, Les Pearson, Gus Risman, Billy Watkins and Billy Williams.[2]
Pearson played in Salford's 3–15 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1933–34 season at Wilderspool, Warrington on Saturday 28 April 1934.[3]