Len Browning

Football player infobox
playername = Len Browning


fullname = Leonard James Browning
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1928|3|30|df=y
cityofbirth = Doncaster
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|2008|9|27|1928|3|30|df=y
cityofdeath = Leeds
countryofdeath = England
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1946–1951
1951–1954
clubs = Leeds United
Sheffield United
caps(goals) = 097 (43)
065 (25)

Leonard James Browning (30 March 1928 – 27 September 2008) was a retired English football player. He played as a striker for Leeds United and Sheffield United. Browning joined Leeds as an 18-year-old in 1946, and moved to Sheffield United in 1951. He scored more than 70 goals in a career that lasted only eight years. Browning was forced to retire in 1954 after developing tuberculosis. He died 27 September 2008 of prostate cancer.

References

* [http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/45.html Profile at leedsfans.org.uk]
* [http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/leedsunited/Obituary-Len-Browning.4544846.jp Obituary @ Yorkshire Post]