Les Speed | |
Fullname: | Leslie Speed |
Birth Date: | 3 October 1923[1] |
Birth Place: | Caergwrle, Wales |
Death Place: | Wrexham, Wales |
Position: | Full-back |
Years2: | 1945–1955 |
Clubs2: | Wrexham |
Caps2: | 211 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Clubs3: | Stafford Rangers |
Clubs4: | Holywell Town |
Leslie Speed (3 October 1923 – 5 June 2012) was a Welsh professional footballer. He made over 200 appearances in the Football League with Wrexham.
Speed guested for Chelsea and Portsmouth during the Second World War.[2]
After the war he signed for Wrexham, where he spent 10 years and made over 200 appearances for the club.
After leaving Wrexham, he went on appear for Stafford Rangers and Holywell Town as player-manager.
Speed died on 5 June 2012 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.