Leonard Glover (born 31 January 1944) is a retired footballer who played as a winger for

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and

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. Considered one of the greatest players to don a Leicester City shirt and once described as the "best uncapped winger in the world", the acerbic and quick-witted

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is often referred to in

Frank Worthington Frank Stewart Worthington (23 November 1948 – 22 March 2021) was an English footballer who played as a forward. Worthington was born into a footballing family in Shelf, near Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire. Both of his parents had played ...

's seminal "One Hump or Two": for example, when locally born defender Alan Woollett's dog died manager

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tried to get his players to show respectful sympathy towards the defender — a feat Glover was singularly unable to do. While at Leicester he helped them win the

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. Later, he had a spell at Kettering Town, and a spell as joint manager of Harlow Town with Bobby Kellard, and since the 2006

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a hard hitting blog. Glover was the captain of the

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during the 1977 NASL season. He served as the Rowdies'

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for one game in June 1977 after

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abruptly resigned, and before John Boyle was hired on to finish the season.

Honours

Leicester City *

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runner-up: 1968–69

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Living people 1944 births English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders English Football League players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players Shepshed Dynamo F.C. players Harlow Town F.C. players Player-coaches English football managers Tampa Bay Rowdies coaches English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States People from Kennington {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub