Les Gore

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Les Gore
Personal information
Full name Frederick Leslie Gore[1]
Date of birth 21 January 1914[1]
Place of birth Coventry, England[1]
Date of death 22 January 1991(1991-01-22) (aged 77)[2]
Place of death Buckhurst Hill, England[2]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Morris Motor Works
1935–1936 Fulham 0 (0)
1936–1937 Stockport County 7 (1)
1937–1938 Carlisle United 3 (0)
1938–1939 Bradford City 33 (8)
1939–1946 Clapton Orient 0 (0)
1946–1948 Yeovil Town
1948–1949 Gillingham 15 (2)
Gravesend & Northfleet
Managerial career
1956 Leyton Orient (interim)
1959–1961 Leyton Orient
1964 Leyton Orient (caretaker)
1974 Charlton Athletic (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick Leslie Gore (21 January 1914 – 22 January 1991) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Stockport County and Carlisle United as an outside right.[1][2] He served Leyton Orient as a player, manager and trainer for over 20 years and scouted for Charlton Athletic and Millwall.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stockport County 1936–37[3] Third Division North 7 1 0 0 3[a] 0 10 1
Clapton Orient 1945–46[2] ― 1 1 ― 1 1
Gillingham 1948–49[4] Southern League 15 2 1 0 3[b] 0 19 2
Career total 22 3 2 1 6 0 30 4
  1. ^ Appearances in Third Division North Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Southern League Cup

Honours

Gillingham

Sources

  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. pp. 382, 396. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 114. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). pp. 51–52. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Les Gore County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Gillingham FC Career Details – Les Gore". gillinghamfcscrapbook.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. ^ Gillingham F.C. at the Football Club History Database


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