Len Phillips
English footballer (1922–2011)
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Leonard Horace Phillips[1] (11 September 1922 – 9 December 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward, notably for Portsmouth. He won three caps for the England national team and scored 97 goals.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonard Horace Phillips | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Shoreditch, England | ||
| Date of death | 9 December 2011 (aged 89) | ||
| Place of death | Portsmouth, England | ||
| Position | Inside left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hillside Y.C. | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1941–1946 | Royal Marines | xxx | (xxx) |
| 1946–1956 | Portsmouth | 245 | (48) |
| 1956–1959 | Poole Town | ||
| 1959–1963 | Chelmsford City | ||
| 1963–1965 | Bath City | 81 | (7) |
| 1965–1966 | Ramsgate Athletic | ||
| 1966 | Waterlooville | 23 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| 1951-1955 | England | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Phillips was born in Shoreditch, London. At club level, he played his entire professional career for Portsmouth,[2] and was a member of the championship-winning teams of 1949 and 1950.
After his professional career, Phillips went on to play non-league football for Poole Town, Chelmsford City, Bath City and Waterlooville, the latter while working as a lathe operator at De Havilland's works in Portsmouth.[3] He made his last appearance in senior football at the age of 44, in a 3–0 win for Waterlooville against Andover on 24 September 1966. After that, Phillips appeared for several years in occasional charity matches for the Pompey ex-Professionals team.
Death
Phillips died in Portsmouth on 9 December 2011.[4][5]
