Les Major

English footballer

Les MajorPersonal information

Full name|  Leslie Dennis Major
Date of birth|  (1926-01-25)25 January 1926
Place of birth|  Yeovil, England
Date of death|  2001 (aged 74 or 75)
Place of death|  Derby, England
Position(s)|  Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1947–1949|  Leicester City|  26|  (0)
1949–1956|  Plymouth Argyle|  75|  (0)
Total|  |  101|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leslie Dennis Major (25 January 1926 – 2001) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He played schoolboy football in Loughborough for Brush Sports, where he was spotted by representatives of Leicester City.[1] He spent two years with the club, making 26 league appearances,[2] before joining Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer as back-up to Welsh international Bill Shortt. He made 23 appearances in his first four seasons with the club, including two in their 1951–52 Third Division South championship winning season.[1] Shortt retired from League football in 1956,[3] and it seemed likely that Major would become the club's first-choice goalkeeper but he was forced to retire from the game that year through injury.[1] He made 78 appearances in all competitions during a seven-year stint with Argyle. He died in Derby in 2001.[4]

## Honours

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Plymouth Argyle

* Football League Third Division South: 1951–52

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Les Major profile". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
2. ^ "Les Major profile". Neil Brown. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
3. ^ "Bill Shortt profile". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
4. ^ "Births, marriages and deaths". Find My Past. Retrieved 15 September 2010.

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals