Len Casey (footballer)

Len Casey

Personal information
Full name	Leonard John Casey
Date of birth	24 May 1931
Place of birth	Hackney, England
Playing position	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
19??–1954	Leyton	?	(?)
1954–1958	Chelsea	34	(0)
1958–1961	Plymouth Argyle	44	(0)
Total		78	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Leonard John Casey (born 24 May 1931) is a retired English footballer who played as a wing half.

He played non-league football for Leyton before he joined Chelsea in 1954.^[1] He spent four years at Stamford Bridge, making 34 league appearances.^[2] Casey was transferred to Plymouth Argyle in 1958 and made 24 appearances in the club's Third Division title winning campaign.^[3][4] He made 20 appearances in the Second Division the following season, but his last two seasons with the club were blighted by injury, with his only two appearances coming in the League Cup, ten months apart. He retired in 1961, having made 48 appearances in all competitions for Argyle.^[3][5]

Honours

Plymouth Argyle

• Football League Third Division: 1958–59

References

1. "Len Casey profile". Chelsea. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
2. "Chelsea". Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
3. "Len Casey profile". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
4. "Greens reign supreme". The Herald. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
5. "Plymouth Argyle". Neil Brown. Retrieved 16 September 2010.