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Les Bennett (born 10 January 1918 inWood Green died 29 April 1999 inHackney ) was a former professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United. [Hugman, B, J, (Ed)"The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005" (2005) ISBN 1852916656]Football career
Bennett joined Tottenham as a junior in May 1939. He spent much of the war years serving his country in Burma, India and Egypt, before making his
Football League debut against Birmingham City on 31 August 1946. The quick- thinking, energeticinside forward was an important part of thepush and run side of the 1950s. He made 294 appearances and scored on 124 occasions in all competitions for the club between 1946–1954. Bennett transferred to West Ham in December 1954 playing another 26 matches and scoring three goals. In August 1956 he became player-manager for Clacton before finishing his football career as manager of Romford Town in 1959-60. [http://archive.mehstg.com/fact_bennett_les.htm Biography ] Retrieved 19 September 2008]Honours
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
*Football League Second Division Winners: 1949–50
*Football League First Division Winners: 1950–51
* Football League First Division Runners- up: 1951–52After football
Bennett managed a caravan site in
Clacton and was employed as a security guard at theUniversity of Essex before retiring. He came out of retirement in 1964 to play in a " Push and Run" XI for the John White memorial fund.Exterior links
* [http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html Tottenham Hotspur A-Z of players]
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/lesbennett.htm Fact file]References
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