Don Leeson - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Full name Donald Leeson Name Don Leeson Place of birth Askern, England Role Football player		Place of death Grimsby, England Playing position Goalkeeper Years Team
Date of birth (1935-08-25)25 August 1935 Date of death 15 February 2009(2009-02-15) (aged 73) Died February 15, 2009, Grimsby, United Kingdom

Donald "Don" Leeson (25 August 1935 – 15 February 2009) was an English football goalkeeper who spent his entire professional career at Barnsley, where he played just over 100 first-team games.

Leeson, a native of Askern, South Yorkshire, signed a professional contract with Barnsley in 1954, and made his first-team debut for the Tykes during the 1956-57 season. He left Oakwell in 1961 to become a police officer in Grimsby. He continued to play football for several local non-league teams, and also represented the national police football team.

He retired from the police force in 1984, and died on 15 February 2009 following a long battle with lung cancer.

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