Les Sullivan
English footballer
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Leslie Gordon Sullivan (6 August 1912 – January 1996) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Bristol Rovers, Rochdale and Chesterfield.[1][4]
Full name
Leslie Gordon Sullivan[1]
Date of birth
6 August 1912
Date of death
January 1996 (aged 83)[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leslie Gordon Sullivan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1912 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | January 1996 (aged 83)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Stockport, England[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1932 | Gillingham | ||
| 1932 | Burn Naze | ||
| 1932–1933 | Fleetwood | ||
| 1933 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1933–1934 | Lytham | ||
| 1934–1935 | Rochdale | 32 | (9) |
| 1935–1936 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
| 1936–1937 | Bristol Rovers | 39 | (10) |
| 1938–1939 | Chesterfield | 7 | (0) |
| 1939 | Stockport County | 0 | (0) |
| 1939 | Macclesfield | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
Sullivan was the son of cricketer Dennis Sullivan.[5]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rochdale | 1934–35[6] | Third Division North | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| Bristol Rovers | 1935–36[7] | Third Division South | 0 | 0 | ― | 1[b] | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1936–37[7] | Third Division South | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 27 | 6 | ||
| 1937–38[7] | Third Division South | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2[d] | 17 | 4 | ||
| Total | 39 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 10 | |||
| Chesterfield | 1938–39[8] | Second Division | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ― | 9 | 0 | |
| Career total | 78 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 87 | 19 | ||
- Appearance in Third Division North Cup
- Appearance in Bristol Hospitals Cup
- Appearance in Gloucestershire Senior Cup
- Appearances in Third Division South Cup
