 Portrait of L R Roose on a Ogden's cigarette card. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leigh Richmond Roose | ||
| Date of birth | 27 November 1877[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Holt, Wales[1] | ||
| Date of death | 7 October 1916 (aged 38)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Somme, France[2] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| UCW Aberystwyth | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1895–1900 | Aberystwyth Town | 85 | (0) |
| 1900 | Druids | 0 | (0) |
| 1900–1901 | London Welsh | 0 | (0) |
| 1901–1904 | Stoke | 81 | (0) |
| 1904–1905 | Everton | 18 | (0) |
| 1905–1907 | Stoke | 66 | (0) |
| 1908–1910 | Sunderland | 92 | (0) |
| 1910 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 1910 | Port Vale | 0 | (0) |
| 1910–1911 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | (0) |
| 1911 | Aston Villa | 10 | (0) |
| 1911–1912 | Woolwich Arsenal | 13 | (0) |
| Aberystwyth Town | (0) | ||
| Llandudno Town | (0) | ||
| Total | 370 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1900–1911 | Wales | 24 | (0) |
| 1911 | Wales Amateur | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leigh Richmond "Dick" Roose, MM, (27 November 1877 – 7 October 1916) was a Welsh international footballer who kept goal for several professional clubs in the Football League between 1901 and 1912. A celebrated amateur at a time when the game was played largely by professionals, Roose was renowned as one of the best players in his position in the Edwardian period. He was also well known as a footballing eccentric, and many stories about him are still told today.[3]
- ^ a b c d "Aston Villa Player Database". www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.