Leonard Hope Green (2 October 1936 – 2 November 2024) was an English
footballer
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who made 50 appearances in
the Football League
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playing as a
right back for
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...
. He also played
non-league football
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for clubs including Lingfield Lane and
Horden Colliery Welfare.
Green was a member of the Darlington team that drew with
Chelsea, League champions only three seasons earlier, in the fourth round of the
1958–59 FA Cup, and won the
replay 4–1 to progress to the last 16 of the competition for only the second time in the club's history.
Green died on 2 November 2024, at the age of 88.
References
1936 births
2024 deaths
English men's footballers
Footballers from Bishop Auckland
Men's association football fullbacks
English Football League players
Darlington F.C. players
Darlington Town F.C. players
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