Len Browning
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Personal information | |||
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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)||
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]
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