Les Sullivan
Leslie Gordon Sullivan (6 August 1912 – January 1996) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Bristol Rovers, Rochdale and Chesterfield.[1][4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leslie Gordon Sullivan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1912 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | January 1996 (aged 83)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Stockport, England[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1932 | Gillingham | ||
| 1932 | Burn Naze | ||
| 1932–1933 | Fleetwood | ||
| 1933 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1933–1934 | Lytham | ||
| 1934–1935 | Rochdale | 32 | (9) |
| 1935–1936 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
| 1936–1937 | Bristol Rovers | 39 | (10) |
| 1938–1939 | Chesterfield | 7 | (0) |
| 1939 | Stockport County | 0 | (0) |
| 1939 | Macclesfield | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
Sullivan was the son of cricketer Dennis Sullivan.[5]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rochdale | 1934–35[6] | Third Division North | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| Bristol Rovers | 1935–36[7] | Third Division South | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | |
| 1936–37[7] | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ― | 26 | 6 | |||
| 1937–38[7] | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ― | 15 | 4 | |||
| Total | 39 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ― | 42 | 10 | |||
| Chesterfield | 1938–39[8] | Second Division | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ― | 9 | 0 | |
| Career total | 78 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 19 | ||
- Appearance in Third Division North Cup
References
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 280. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- "S, T and U". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information – 1921–2018". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- "Sullivan Les Chesterfield 1938". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- Argus (19 July 1935). ""Bees'" Big Proft. Over £2,000 Made Last Season. Players Assessed At £40,000. Race Against Time to Prepare Ground for Crowd of 40,000". The Brentford & Chiswick Times.
- Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.
- "Rovers results, appearances and goalscorers 1899 to 2022". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- "Line-ups – Chesterfield FC, 1919 to date: 1938-39". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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