Full name Leslie Donald Bennett Name Les Bennett Role Footballer | Height 1.8 m Playing position Position Inside forward | |
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Date of birth (1918-01-10)10 January 1918 Date of death 29 April 1999(1999-04-29) (aged 81) Died April 29, 1999, London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom | ||
Josh Cunni x Les Bennett - THE PRODUCT - Music Video
Les Bennett (10 January 1918 – 29 April 1999) was an English professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.
Contents
- Josh Cunni x Les Bennett THE PRODUCT Music Video
- Football career
- Honours
- Post football career
- References
Football career
Bennett joined Tottenham as a junior in May 1939. He spent much of the World War II years serving his country with the Devon Regiment in Burma, India and Egypt, before making his Football League debut against Birmingham City on 31 August 1946. The quick- thinking, energetic inside forward was an important part of the push and run side of the 1950s. He made 294 appearances and scored on 124 occasions in all competitions for the club between 1946–1954. Bennett transferred to West Ham in December 1954 playing another 26 matches and scoring three goals. In August 1956 he became player–coach for Clacton before finishing his football career at Romford in 1959-60.
Honours
Tottenham Hotspur
Post-football career
Bennett managed a caravan site in Clacton and was employed as a security guard at the University of Essex before retiring. He came out of retirement in 1964 to play in a " Push and Run" XI for the John White memorial fund.