Len Browning
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Full name
Leonard James Browning
Date of birth
30 March 1928
Place of birth
Doncaster, England
Date of death
27 September 2008 (aged 80)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonard James Browning | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Doncaster, England | ||
| Date of death | 27 September 2008 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Leeds, England | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1951 | Leeds United | 97 | (43) |
| 1951–1954 | Sheffield United | 65 | (25) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leonard James Browning (30 March 1928 – 27 September 2008) was an English footballer. He played as a striker for Leeds United and Sheffield United. Browning joined Leeds as an 18-year-old in 1946, and moved to Sheffield United in 1951. He scored more than 70 goals in a career that lasted only eight years. Browning was forced to retire in 1954 after developing tuberculosis. He died on 27 September 2008 of prostate cancer.[citation needed]
