Leslie Cant

Cant in 1935
Personal information
Full name	John Leslie Cant[1]
Date of birth	(1908-02-20)20 February 1908[1]
Place of birth	Medomsley, England[1]
Date of death	19 June 1943(1943-06-19) (aged 35)
Place of death	French Tunisia
Height	5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1923	Trimdon Grange
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926	Birtley
1927	Consett
1929	Eden Colliery Welfare
1929	Leadgate Park
1930	Shotton Colliery Welfare
1930	Crook Town
1932	York City	0	(0)
1932	Chester-le-Street
1934	Bury	4	(0)
1934–1935	Stockport County	1	(0)
1935	Southport	11	(0)
1935	Northwich Victoria
1936	South Shields
1937	Consett
1938	Whitley and Monkseaton
Total		16	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Leslie Cant (20 February 1908 – 19 June 1943) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Southport.^[1]

Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Cant, Cant was married with a wife Ella, and served as a lance corporal in the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) during the Second World War,^[3] having enlisted after employment at a steel works.^[2] While serving with the 16th Battalion, DLI, part of the 46th Infantry Division, he was severely wounded, losing limbs, by an explosion during the final stages of the Tunisian campaign and died of wounds nine weeks later on 19 June 1943.^[2][3] He is buried at Bone War Cemetery, Annaba.^[3]

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