Len Wootton

Len Wootton
Personal information
Full name Leonard Wootton[1]
Date of birth (1925-06-13)13 June 1925[1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 9 September 1990(1990-09-09) (aged 65)[1]
Place of death Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1945–1947 Port Vale 19 (1)
1949–1951 Queen of the South 15 (1)
1951–1952 Wrexham 20 (2)
Total 54 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Leonard "Len" Wootton (13 June 1925 – 9 September 1990) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Port Vale, Queen of the South, and Wrexham. He won the Scottish Football League Second Division title with Queen of the South in 1950–51.

Playing career

Wootton joined Port Vale in August 1945 and played regularly in the war leagues.[1] As the 1946–47 season returned to the pre-war norms, he only played ten Third Division South and four FA Cup games before being replaced on the right-wing by Don Triner.[1] He scored his first goal in the Football League in a 2–1 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on 26 October.[1] He also scored two goals in the FA Cup, in wins over Finchley and Watford at The Old Recreation Ground.[1] However he asked manager Gordon Hodgson for a transfer in January 1947 and was released in the summer.[1] He moved on to Jimmy McKinnell's Queen of the South in Scotland. The "Doonhamers" were relegated out of the First Division at the end of the 1949–50 season, only to win the Second Division title in 1950–51. He scored one goal in 19 league games at Palmerston Park. He went on to score two goals in 20 Third Division North games for Peter Jackson's Wrexham in the 1951–52 season.

Honours

with Queen of the South

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 316. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
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