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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harry Kenneth Leyland | ||
| Date of birth | (1930-05-12)12 May 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 December 2006(2006-12-06) (aged 76) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1956 | Everton | 36 | (0) |
| 1956–1960 | Blackburn Rovers | 166 | (0) |
| 1960–1966 | Tranmere Rovers | 180 | (0) |
| Total | 382 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1967–1968 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Harry Kenneth Leyland (12 May 1930 – 6 December 2006) was a Liverpool-born footballer who made 36 Football League appearances for Everton before transferring to Blackburn Rovers. He was outstanding in the 1959–60 FA Cup semi-final against Sheffield Wednesday that Rovers won 2–1, but disappointment followed in the final when already one down Rovers lost Dave Whelan with a broken leg and went on to lose 3–0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Leyland later played for Tranmere Rovers (playing 180 League games for them) and for the last 25 years of his life he was very active in the running of New Brighton Rugby Union Football Club, and in January 2009, a stand at their ground was named in his honour. He also managed Wigan Athletic.
Honours
Blackburn Rovers
References
- "Harry Leyland". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
- "Brighton honour Leyland". Liverpool Daily Post. Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
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- 1930 births
- 2006 deaths
- Footballers from Liverpool
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Everton F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. managers
- English football managers
- 20th-century English sportsmen