Len White

Len White

Personal information
Full name	Leonard Roy White
Date of birth	23 March 1930(1930-03-23)
Place of birth	Skellow, Yorkshire, England
Date of death	17 June 1994(1994-06-17) (aged 64)
Place of death	Huddersfield, England
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1950–1952	Rotherham United	43	(15)
1952–1962	Newcastle United	245	(197)
1962–1964	Huddersfield Town	102	(37)
1964–1966	Stockport County	53	(24)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Leonard Roy "Len" White (23 March 1930 - 17 June 1994) was a former English professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, most noted for playing at Newcastle United.

Biography

Born in Skellow, a small village near Doncaster, White started his career at Rotherham United and later joined Newcastle United in 1953 for £12,000 - a relatively high amount at the time. The signing of White came after two recent FA Cup successes for Newcastle.

White was primarily partenered up front alongside the well-established Jackie Milburn during the 1950s. Because of this, White often found himself in the shadows. Despite that, he had an impressive goalscoring tally and was instrumental during Newcastle's FA Cup winning campaign of 1955. Once Milburn ended his career in the late 1950s, White took over as the leading striker, and continued to improve his ratio of goals. He eventually left the club for Huddersfield Town in 1962.

White is currently the third highest goalscorer in history of Newcastle United with 153 goals. He is behind Jackie Milburn with 200 goals and Alan Shearer with 206 goals.

White died in Huddersfield in June 1994.

External links

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