Leo Dickens

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Leo Dickens
Personal information
Full name Leo Dickens
Date of birth (1927-03-16)March 16, 1927
Place of birth Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, England
Date of death February 21, 2019(2019-02-21) (aged 91)
Place of death South Kirkby, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1953 Chester 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leo Dickens (16 March 1927 – 21 February 2019) was an English footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Chester.[1][2] He later worked as a railway worker. Dickens died in South Kirkby, Wakefield in February 2019 at the age of 81 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "Chester City: 1946/47 – 1999/2000 & 2004/05 – 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Leo Dickens". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. ^ General Register Office: DICKENS, LEO, b. 1927, GRO Reference: DOR Q1/2019 in Wakefield (097-1A) Entry Number 518647755