Les Sullivan

Leslie Gordon Sullivan (6 August 1912 – January 1996) was an English professional football outside left who played in the Football League for Bristol Rovers, Rochdale and Chesterfield.[1][4]

Les Sullivan
Personal information
Full name Leslie Gordon Sullivan[1]
Date of birth (1912-08-06)6 August 1912
Place of birth Croydon, England[1]
Date of death January 1996 (1996-02) (aged 83)[2]
Place of death Stockport, England[3]
Playing position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1933 Fleetwood
1933 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
1933–1934 Lytham
1934 Rochdale 32 (9)
1935–1936 Brentford 0 (0)
1936–1937 Bristol Rovers 39 (10)
1938–1939 Chesterfield 7 (0)
1939 Stockport County 0 (0)
1945 Macclesfield 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Sullivan was the son of cricketer Dennis Sullivan.[5]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rochdale 1934–35[6] Third Division North 32 9 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 33 9
Chesterfield 1938–39[7] Second Division 7 0 2 0 ― 9 0
Career total 39 9 2 0 1 0 42 9
  1. Appearance in Third Division North Cup
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References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 280. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "Bristol Rovers Memorabilia – Football League Players Index". Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information – 1921–2018". 8 June 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. "Sullivan Les Chesterfield 1938". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. Argus (19 July 1935). ""BEES'" BIG PROFIT. Over £2,000 Made Last Season. PLAYERS ASSESSED AT £40,000. Race Against Time to Prepare Ground for Crowd of 40,000". The Brentford & Chiswick Times.
  6. Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.
  7. "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – Chesterfield FC, 1919 to date: 1938-39". Retrieved 4 April 2019.


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