Les Reed (other)
Les Reed may refer to: * Les Reed (songwriter) (1935–2019), English songwriter, arranger, musician and light orchestra leader * Les Reed (footballer) (1932–2021), Australian rules footballer * Les Reed (football manager) Leslie Arnold Reed (born 12 December 1952) is an English football coach and former player who was the manager of Charlton Athletic between 14 November and 24 December 2006. He was technical director of the Football Association between 2002 and 2 ...

Les Reed (songwriter)
Leslie David Reed (24 July 1935 – 15 April 2019) was an English songwriter, arranger, musician and light-orchestra leader. His major songwriting partners were Gordon Mills, Barry Mason, and Geoff Stephens, although he wrote songs with many others such as Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook, Peter Callander, and Johnny Worth. Reed co-wrote around sixty charting songs, and is best known for " It's Not Unusual", " Delilah", " The Last Waltz", " Kiss Me Goodbye," " There's a Kind of Hush," and " Marching On Together". His songs gained a number of Gold discs and Ivor Novello Awards. AllMusic noted that "In the mid-1960s, it was unusual for a British singles chart not to list a Les Reed song". He won the British Academy Gold Badge of Merit in 1982. Early life Reed was born and grew up in Woking, Surrey. He was an accomplished musician by the age of 14, playing the piano, accordion and vibraphone. He studied at the London College of Music before joining the Willis Reed Group, wit ...
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Les Reed (footballer)
Leslie George Reed (16 August 1932 – 25 May 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL during the early 1950s. Family The son of Thomas William Reed (1907-1992), and Dorothy Jean Reed (1912-2006), née Mortimer, Leslie George Reed was born at Yea, Victoria on 16 August 1932. He married Joan "Mickey" Heathcote (1931-2015) on 9 October 1954. Football ;Geelong (VFL) Reed was a utility player and was recruited from Euroa. He was the 19th man for the Geelong's 1951 premiership side that defeated the Essendon team that played without the suspended John Coleman, 11.15 (81) to 10.10 (70) -- he replaced the injured Loy Stewart during the match -- and he also played on the wing when Geelong lost to Collingwood, 8.17 (65) to 11.11 (77) in the 1953 Grand Final. Reed returned to play with Euroa in 1954 in the Waranga North East Football Association and was appointed as Euroa's captain-coach in 1955 and also won the 1955 WNEFA best and fairest award. ...
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