| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonard Horace Phillips | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Shoreditch, England | ||
| Date of death | 9 December 2011 (aged 89) | ||
| Place of death | Portsmouth, England | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Hillside Y.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 194x–1946 | Royal Marines | ||
| 1946–1956 | Portsmouth | 245 | (48) |
| 1956–1959 | Poole Town | ||
| 1959–1963 | Chelmsford City | ||
| 1963–1965 | Bath City | 81 | (7) |
| 1965–1966 | Ramsgate Athletic | ||
| National team | |||
| 1951–1954 | England | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Leonard Horace "Len" Phillips[1] (11 September 1922 – 9 December 2011) was a professional footballer who won three caps for the England national team.
Phillips was born in Shoreditch, London. At club level, he played his entire professional career for Portsmouth,[2] and was a member of the championship-winning teams of 1949 and 1950.
After his professional career, Phillips went on to play non-league football for Poole Town, Chelmsford City and Bath City, then worked as a lathe operator at De Havilland's works in Portsmouth.[3]
Phillips died in Portsmouth on 9 December 2011.[4][5]