Len Browning

Len Browning
Personal information
Full nameLeonard James Browning
Date of birth30 March 1928
Place of birthDoncaster, England
Date of death27 September 2008 (aged 80)
Place of deathLeeds, England
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1946–1951Leeds United97(43)
1951–1954Sheffield United65(25)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Leonard James Browning (30 March 1928 – 27 September 2008) was a retired English football player. He played as a striker for Leeds United and Sheffield United. Browning joined Leeds as an 18-year-old in 1946, and moved to Sheffield United in 1951. He scored more than 70 goals in a career that lasted only eight years. Browning was forced to retire in 1954 after developing tuberculosis. He died 27 September 2008 of prostate cancer.

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