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English footballer

Les Sullivan
Personal information
Full name Leslie Gordon Sullivan
Date of birth (1912-08-06)6 August 1912
Place of birth Croydon, England
Date of death January 1996 (1996-02) (aged 83)
Place of death Stockport, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
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

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.

Personal life

Sullivan was the son of cricketer Dennis Sullivan.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rochdale 1934–35 Third Division North 32 9 0 0 1 0 33 9
Bristol Rovers 1935–36 Third Division South 0 0 ― 1 1 0
1936–37 Third Division South 25 6 1 0 1 27 6
1937–38 Third Division South 14 4 1 0 2 17 4
Total 39 10 2 0 4 45 10
Chesterfield 1938–39 Second Division 7 0 2 0 ― 9 0
Career total 78 19 4 0 5 0 87 19
  1. Appearance in Third Division North Cup
  2. Appearance in Bristol Hospitals Cup
  3. Appearance in Gloucestershire Senior Cup
  4. Appearances in Third Division South Cup

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 280. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "S, T and U". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information – 1921–2018". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. "Sullivan Les Chesterfield 1938". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. 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.
  6. Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.
  7. ^ "Rovers results, appearances and goalscorers 1899 to 2022". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  8. "Line-ups – Chesterfield FC, 1919 to date: 1938-39". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 4 April 2019.


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