English footballer
Len Browning|
Full name |
Leonard James Browning |
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Date of birth |
(1928-03-30)30 March 1928 |
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Place of birth |
Doncaster, England |
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Date of death |
27 September 2008(2008-09-27) (aged 80) |
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Place of death |
Leeds, England |
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Position(s) |
Striker |
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Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
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1946โ1951 |
Leeds United |
97 |
(43) |
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1951โ1954 |
Sheffield United |
65 |
(25) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Leonard James Browning (30 March 1928 โ 27 September 2008) was an English footballer. He played as a striker for Leeds United and Sheffield United. Browning joined Leeds as an 18-year-old in 1946, and moved to Sheffield United in 1951. He scored more than 70 goals in a career that lasted only eight years. Browning was forced to retire in 1954 after developing tuberculosis. He died on 27 September 2008 of prostate cancer.[citation needed]
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