Les Medley

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox football biography Leslie Dennis Medley (3 September 1920 – 22 February 2001) was an English footballer who played as a left winger.

Born in Edmonton, London, aged 11 he gained a scholarship place at the Latymer School in Edmonton.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He played for the school team and was selected for the schoolboys' England eleven. Medley joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1939 and appeared as a guest player for West Ham United in World War II.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Medley was a key man in the Tottenham Hotspur's famous 'push and run' side that won the First Division championship in 1950-51 having won the Second Division the season before, when Les was top scorer. He also won six England caps.<ref>England's Players - Mabbutt to Murphy englandfootballonline.com Retrieved 27 Jun 2010</ref> He left London in 1953 and joined the Canadian champions Toronto Ulster United in the National Soccer League, joining Len Garwood his former Tottenham teammate.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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