Les Allen

This article is about the English footballer. For the Australian footballer, see Les Allen (Australian footballer). For the musician and vocalist, see Les Allen (musician).

Les Allen
Personal information
Full name Leslie William Allen
Date of birth (1937-09-04) 4 September 1937 (age 87)
Place of birth Dagenham, Essex, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1959 Chelsea 44 (11)
1959–1965 Tottenham Hotspur 119 (47)
1965–1969 Queens Park Rangers 128 (55)
Total 291 (113)
International career
1961 England U23 1 (0)
Managerial career
1969–1970 Queens Park Rangers
1971 Aris
1972–1974 Swindon Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Tottenham Hotspur in 1960 with Danny Blanchflower (captain) and both goalkeepers, Bill Brown and John Hollowbread, in the team with Cecil Poynton as trainer and Bill Nicholson as manager. Les Allen sitting far right in the middle row.

Leslie William Allen (born 4 September 1937)[1] is an English former football player and manager who played as an inside forward.

  1. ^ a b Maurice Golesworth (1965). Soccer Who's Who. The Sportsmans Book Club.