Lenny Glover

Lenny Glover
Personal information
Full nameLeonard Glover
Date of birth31 January 1944
Place of birthKennington, London, England
Playing positionWinger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1962–1968Charlton Athletic177(20)
1968–1976Leicester City252(38)
1976–1978Kettering Town???(??)
1976–1978→ Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan)???(??)
1994Harlow Town (player/manager)???(??)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Leonard "Lenny" Glover[1] (born 31 January 1944)[2] was a flamboyant[3] left winger who played, amongst others,[4][5] for Leicester City.[6] Considered one of the greatest players to don a Leicester City shirt and once described as the "best uncapped winger in the world",[7] the acerbic and quick witted Cockney is often referred to in Frank Worthington’s seminal "One Hump or Two":for example,when locally born defender Alan Woollett’s dog died manager Jimmy Bloomfield tried to get his players to show respectful sympathy towards the defender- a feat Glover was singularly unable to do.[8] He has had a spell as joint manager of Harlow Town with Bobby Kellard, and since the 2006 World Cup a hard hitting blog.[9]

Notes

  1. Len Glover Web site
  2. Career Details
  3. Fan’s Testimony
  4. Transferred from Charlton, November 1967 p210 of Complete Players' Records Hugman,B London, Q.A.P 1988 ISBN 1-85291-585-4
  5. Kettering Town/Tampa Bay Rowdies
  6. A history of Leicester City Football Club Folliard,R: Hornchurch, Ian Henry, 1980 ISBN 0-86025-700-2
  7. Lenny GLover - Profile
  8. The Frank Worthington Story Cooper,S/Wells,N: Leicester, ACL & Polar, 1994 ISBN 1-899538-00-3
  9. View Blog