Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Leonard | ||
Date of birth | 1876 | ||
Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Bedminster | |||
Bristol City | |||
1899–1900 | Small Heath | 7 | (1) |
1900–19?? | Cheltenham Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Leonard (1876 – after 1899) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath.[1]
Leonard was born in Gloucester. A clever dribbler on the right wing, he had a fine season in the Southern League with Bedminster, but fell out of favour and joined Small Heath in November 1899.[2] He went straight into the starting eleven, making his debut in the Football League Second Division on 11 November in a 3–0 defeat at New Brighton Tower. He was given a run of nine games in league and FA Cup, but then lost his place,[3] and returned to the West Country with Cheltenham Town at the end of the 1899–1900 season.[2]