Leonard Frederick Puddefoot (22 November 1898 – 1996) was an English
football
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player and manager.
Career
Playing career
Puddefoot started his career at
West Ham United and appeared in the team photograph for the 1919–20 season. He played with French club
Cette in the 1921–22 season.
He joined
Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a ...
from West Ham United
on a month's trial, following his brother
Syd, who had moved across the border for a then record transfer fee of £5,000 in February 1922.
Puddefoot played a single game for the Scottish club, the first game of the
1922–23 season against
Hibernian on 16 August 1922.
Coaching career
Puddefoot coached Swedish side
Örgryte between 1927 and 1928. The team won the
Allsvenskan
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that season, but due to the dual-league system at the time, they were not crowned champions.
References
1898 births
1996 deaths
People from Limehouse
Footballers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
English men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
West Ham United F.C. players
FC Sète 34 players
Falkirk F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
English football managers
English expatriate men's footballers
English expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in France
English expatriate football managers
English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate football managers in Sweden
Örgryte IS managers
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