Len Puddefoot

Leonard Frederick Puddefoot (22 November 1898 – 1996)[2] was an English football player and manager.

Len Puddefoot
Puddefoot at West Ham United during the 1919–20 season.
Personal information
Full name Leonard Frederick Puddefoot
Date of birth (1898-11-22)22 November 1898
Place of birth Limehouse, England
Date of death 1996 (aged 97–98)
Place of death Tower Hamlets, England
Position(s) Forward[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1920 West Ham United 0 (0)
1921–1922 Cette
1922 West Ham United 0 (0)
1922 Falkirk 1 (0)
Managerial career
1927–1928 Örgryte
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Playing career

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]

Coaching career

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]

References
  1. "Hibernians, 1; Falkirk 0". The Scotsman. Retrieved 7 October 2017 – via London Hearts.
  2. "Leonard Frederick Puddefoot, England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837–2007". FamilySearch. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. Marsh, Steve. "1919–20". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. "Scottish League Campaign". Athletic News. 7 August 1922. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 170. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
  6. Ferguson, Ed (13 December 2016). "When Falkirk broke the world transfer record". The Scotsman. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. "Sydney & Leonard Puddefoot". Falkirk Football Historian. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  8. "Klubbdata" [Club Data] (in Swedish). Örgryte IS. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  9. "History". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 October 2017.


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