Les Medley | |
Fullname: | Leslie Dennis Medley |
Birth Date: | 3 September 1920 |
Birth Place: | Edmonton, London, England |
Death Place: | London, Ontario, Canada |
Position: | Left winger |
Years1: | 1939–1953 |
Clubs1: | Tottenham Hotspur |
Caps1: | 164 |
Goals1: | 46 |
Years2: | 1953–1957 |
Clubs2: | Toronto Ulster United |
Years3: | 1958–1961 |
Clubs3: | Randfontein |
Totalcaps: | 164 |
Totalgoals: | 46 |
Nationalyears1: | 1950–1951 |
Nationalteam1: | England |
Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 1951 |
Nationalteam2: | Rest of the UK[1] |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Leslie Dennis Medley (3 September 1920 – 22 February 2001) was an English footballer who played as a left winger.
Born in Edmonton, London, aged 11 he gained a scholarship place at the Latymer School in Edmonton.[2] He played for the school team and was selected for the schoolboys' England eleven. Medley joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1939 and appeared as a guest player for West Ham United in World War II.[3] Medley was a key man in the Tottenham Hotspur's famous 'push and run' side that won the First Division championship in 1950-51 having won the Second Division the season before, when Les was top scorer. He also won six England caps.[4] He left London in 1953 and joined the Canadian champions Toronto Ulster United in the National Soccer League, joining Len Garwood his former Tottenham teammate.[5]