Len Carney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonard Francis Carney | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Date of death | 1996 (aged 80–81) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Liverpool University | ? | (?) |
| – | Northern Nomads | ? | (?) |
| – | Marine | ? | (?) |
| – | Collegiate Old Boys | ? | (?) |
| 1939–1946 | Liverpool (wartime) | 33 | (15) |
| 1946–1948 | Liverpool | 6 | (1) |
| Total | 39 | (16) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leonard Francis "Len" Carney (30 May 1915 – 1996) was an English professional footballer.
Career
Born in Liverpool, Carney played amateur football for Liverpool University, Northern Nomads, Marine and Collegiate Old Boys, before signing for Liverpool in 1939. After making 33 wartime appearances, Carney made his debut in the Football League on 31 August 1946, the opening day of the 1946-47 season. He made a further five league appearances for Liverpool before leaving the club in 1948.
External links
- Profile at LFCHistory.net
Template:Persondata He was never a professional football. As a school master he could not afford the reduction in salary.His career ended with his appointment as Head-Master of Chatterton Grammar School. His war-time football with Liverpool was interspersed with his military duties. As Capt. Carney of The Queens Royal Regiment(West Surrey) he was awarded the Military Cross and subsequently mentioned in dispatches for gallantry and devotion to duty in the Italian Campaign.He end the war with the rank of Major
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