Les Farnen
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Austin Leslie Farnen | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 1919 | ||
Place of birth | St Helens, England | ||
Date of death | January 1985 (aged 65) | ||
Place of death | Harrow, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Youth career | |||
Kingsbury Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1949 | Watford | 77 | (0) |
1949 | Bradford City | 8 | (0) |
1949–1950 | Gloucester City | 25 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Austin Leslie Farnen (17 September 1919 – January 1985) was an English professional footballer. After serving in the military during the Second World War, Farnen joined Football League Third Division South side Watford in April 1946. He played at centre half for every competitive fixture of the 1946–47 season, but then made 27 appearances in his second season, and was released after only eight appearances for Watford in 1948–49.[1][2] Farnen went on to join Bradford City, making eight further appearances in the Football League.[3] He then joined Gloucester City in the Southern Football League making 25 appearances.[4]
He died in Harrow in January 1985, aged 65.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 83. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
- ^ Jones, Trefor (1998). Watford Season by Season. T.G. Jones. pp. 102–107. ISBN 0-9527458-1-X.
- ^ Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. p. 382. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
- ^ Clark, Timothy R.D.; Kujawa, Rob (2009). The Complete Record of Gloucester City AFC 1883–2009. Gloucester: Tiger Timbo Publications. ISBN 978-0-9557425-1-4.
Categories:
- 1919 births
- 1985 deaths
- Men's association football central defenders
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- British military personnel of World War II
- English Football League players
- Military personnel from Merseyside
- English men's footballers
- Footballers from St Helens, Merseyside
- Gloucester City A.F.C. players
- Kingsbury Town F.C. players
- Watford F.C. players
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football defender, 1910s birth stubs