Daniel Le Roux
South African soccer player
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Daniel Leow Le Roux (25 November 1933 - August 2016) was a South African former footballer who played as a winger.[3]
Full name
Daniel Leow Le Roux[1]
Date of birth
25 November 1933[1]
Place of birth
Port Shepstone, South Africa
Date of death
August 2016 (aged 82)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Leow Le Roux[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1933[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Port Shepstone, South Africa | ||
| Date of death | August 2016 (aged 82) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950 | Berea | ||
| 1951–1956 | Queen's Park (Durban) | ||
| 1957–1958 | Arsenal | 5 | (0) |
| 1959–1961 | Durban City | ? | (?) |
| 1962–1965 | Durban United | ? | (?) |
| 1966 | Addington | ? | (?) |
| 1967–1968 | Durban City | ? | (?) |
| 1970 | Maritzburg | ? | (?) |
| International career | |||
| 1954–1955 | South Africa | 6[2] | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pre-football career
He was born in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal. He was a bank clerk before he took up football.[4]
Career
Le Roux played for Queen's Park in his native South Africa before signing for English First Division team Arsenal in February 1957.[1] He made five Football League appearances in the 1957–58 season before returning to South Africa to play for Durban City.[5]
Arsenal
He made his debut on 7 December 1957 in a 2-1 loss to Burnley where he played as an outside right. His teammate Jim Standen was also a debutant.[6]
