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Leslie Adlam
Personal information
Full name Leslie William Adlam[1]
Date of birth 24 June 1897
Place of birth Guildford, England
Date of death 1975 (aged 77–78)
Position(s) Right-half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Farnham United Breweries
1922-1923 Guildford United 25 (17)
1923–1931 Oldham Athletic 279 (9)
1931–1932 Queens Park Rangers 56 (0)
1933 Cardiff City 4 (0)
Guildford Post Office
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leslie William Adlam (24 June 1897 – 1975) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Cardiff City, Oldham Athletic and Queens Park Rangers.[2]

Club career

After playing for non-league side Guildford United, Adlam joined Oldham Athletic for a club record of £300 in March 1923.[3] In eight seasons with Oldham, he made over 250 appearances in all competitions. He left the club in 1931, spending two years with Queens Park Rangers before a brief spell at Cardiff City where he finished his professional career.[4]

Personal life

Born in Guildford, Adlam's father Robert worked as a railway guard. He married May Turner, a shop assistant, on 19 February 1924 in Glodwick, Lancashire.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. ^ Michael Joyce (October 2004). The Football League Player's Records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.
  3. ^ Phillips, Stuart. The City Boys are in Town: the Who's Who of Guildford City Football Club 1921-1976. Knaphill Print Company Limited, 2016, p. 10. ISBN 978-1-78280-979-1
  4. ^ Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 10. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  5. ^ "Marriages at Christ Church in the District of Glodwick, Oldham". Lancashire Online. Retrieved 3 December 2016.


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