Fred Lester (footballer, born 1911)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frederick Charles Lester | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 20 February 1911||
Place of birth | Rochester, England | ||
Date of death | 28 July 1974[1] | (aged 63)||
Place of death | Chatham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
?–1931 | Chatham Town | ||
1931–1937 | Gillingham[1] | 201 | (0) |
1937–1939 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Frederick Charles Lester (20 February 1911 – 28 July 1974) was an English footballer who played professionally for Gillingham and Sheffield Wednesday. He made over 200 Football League appearances for the former club.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 22. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- ^ "Gillingham make £1,000 profit. No longer Cinderella of League III". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xii – via Newspapers.com.
Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1974 deaths
- Sportspeople from Rochester, Kent
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Chatham Town F.C. players
- Gillingham F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Brentford F.C. wartime guest players
- Footballers from Kent
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football defender, 1910s birth stubs