Len Wootton

Len Wootton
Personal information
Full name Leonard Wootton[1]
Date of birth (1925-06-13)13 June 1925[1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 9 September 1990(1990-09-09) (aged 65)[1]
Place of death Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1947 Port Vale 19 (1)
1949–1951 Queen of the South 15 (1)
1951–1952 Wrexham 20 (2)
Total 54 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonard Wootton (13 June 1925 – 9 September 1990) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Port Vale, Queen of the South, and Wrexham. He won the Scottish Football League Division Two title with Queen of the South in 1950–51.

Career

Wootton joined Port Vale in August 1945 and played regularly in the war leagues.[1] As the 1946–47 season returned to the pre-war norms, he only played ten Third Division South and four FA Cup games before being replaced on the right-wing by Don Triner.[1] He scored his first goal in the Football League in a 2–1 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on 26 October.[1] He also scored two goals in the FA Cup in wins over Finchley and Watford at The Old Recreation Ground.[1] However, he asked manager Gordon Hodgson for a transfer in January 1947 and was released in the summer.[1] He moved on to Jimmy McKinnell's Queen of the South in Scotland. The "Doonhamers" were relegated out of the First Division at the end of the 1949–50 season, only to win the Division Two title in 1950–51. He scored one goal in 19 league games at Palmerston Park. He went on to score two goals in 20 Third Division North games for Peter Jackson's Wrexham in the 1951–52 season.

Career statistics

Source:[3]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Port Vale 1945–46 – 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
1946–47 Third Division South 10 1 3 2 0 0 13 3
Total 10 1 4 2 0 0 14 3
Wrexham 1951–52 Third Division North 20 2 2 0 0 0 22 2

Honours

Queen of the South

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 316. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ "Len Wooton | Player Statistics | Wrexham (Wrexham AFC Archive)". www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ^ Len Wootton at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)