Len Quested
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wilfred Leonard Quested | ||
Date of birth | 9 January 1925 | ||
Place of birth | Folkestone, England | ||
Date of death | 20 August 2012 | (aged 87)||
Place of death | Buderim, Queensland, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Full-back, midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1945 | HMS Golden Hind | (25) | |
1946 | North Shore | ||
1946–1947 | Folkestone Town | ||
1947–1951 | Fulham | 175 | (6) |
1951–1957 | Huddersfield Town | 220 | (8) |
1957–1963 | Auburn | ||
1963 | Hakoah Eastern Suburbs | ||
1965 | Awaba | ||
Managerial career | |||
1964 | Cumberland United | ||
1966–1967 | Cumberland United | ||
* Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Wilfred Leonard Quested (9 January 1925 – 20 August 2012) was an English footballer. Quested played one match for England B as well as being selected as a travelling reserve for a Full International for England. In 1957 he moved to Australia where he played for the Sydney clubs Auburn and Hakoah. He also played in an unofficial match for Australia.
Life
[edit]Quested's son Gary also became a soccer player and got to play twice for Australia. Len Quested settled in Kuluin, a suburb of Maroochydore on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. He died on 20 August 2012.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Len Quested Tribute". Daily Telegraph. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics, OzFootball
- Ivan Ponting: "Len Quested: Footballer both feared and fearless", The Independent,. 16 October 2012
- "Obituary:Len Quested", YorkshireLive, 16 October 2012
Categories:
- 1925 births
- 2012 deaths
- Footballers from Folkestone
- Australian men's soccer players
- English emigrants to Australia
- English men's footballers
- England men's B international footballers
- Fulham F.C. players
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- Australian soccer managers
- English football managers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Folkestone F.C. players
- 20th-century Royal Navy personnel
- Military personnel from Kent
- Royal Navy sailors
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- 20th-century English sportsmen