Geoff Lees (soccer player)

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Geoff Lees
Personnel
Surname Geoffrey Lees
birthday October 1, 1933
place of birth Rotherham ,  England
date of death June 6, 2019
Place of death Rotherham ,  England
position External rotor (right)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1951-1955 Barnsley FC 0 (0)
1955-1956 Bradford City 3 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Geoffrey "Geoff" Lees (born October 1, 1933 in Rotherham ; † June 6, 2019 ibid) was an English football player .

Career

Lees, son of longtime professional footballer Joe Lees , was a member of the junior team of Barnsley FC in the early 1950s , with whom he played in the Northern Intermediate League ; in April 1951 he represented the league in a selection game against the Lancashire League . He had previously done his military service in Oswestry from 1950 . There were numerous other football talents in the unit, including the later national players Tommy Taylor and Ronnie Clayton . In March 1951 he received his first professional contract with Barnsley, but did not get beyond assignments in the reserve team in the following years.

For the 1955/56 season he came to Bradford City in the Third Division North on a free transfer , but subsequently played mostly for the reserve team in the Midland League . After his third division debut on March 30, 1956 at Carlisle United (final score 0-0), he replaced Peter Jackson again on the last two game days and experienced a 4-2 home win over Mansfield Town as the right runner . At the end of the season, Lees decided to end his footballing career and instead to take up teacher training in Sheffield , the main reason for this decision was his previous role in the military as a physical training instructor. He then became a PE teacher at Rawmarsh School in Rotherham and spied for various football clubs, including Leeds United . He was also a youth coach at Barnsley FC for years , where he coached Mick McCarthy and David Speedie, among others .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile Geoff Lee , accessed June 25, 2020
  2. ↑ Intermediate League team . In: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer , April 17, 1951, p. 3.  (paid link)
  3. ↑ a b wlv.ac.uk: Professional Football in Barnsley between 1939 and 1963: Essential Work, the Frontline and National Service (8 March 2018) , accessed on April 2, 2019
  4. ↑ Terry Frost: Bradford City AFC Who's Who - Part 2: Football League Players 1946 to 1980 . SoccerData, Nottingham 2019, ISBN 978-1-911376-14-9 , pp. 17 .
  5. ↑ cf. Terry Frost: Bradford City - A Complete Record 1903–1988 . Breedon Books, Derby 1988, ISBN 0-907969-38-0 , pp. 252 f .
  6. ↑ barnsleyfc.co.uk: Rest in peace, Geoff Lees (June 13, 2019) , accessed June 14, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Lees, Geoff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lees, Geoffrey (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotherham
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 2019
Place of death Rotherham