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Len
Graham |
Millwall
Athletic FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 2:
A 3
50% successful
1925-26
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Leonard Graham |
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Birth |
29 August 1901 at 237 Church Road, Leyton, Essex [registered in
West Ham, December 1901]. Birthdate confirmed by the 1939 register. |
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According to the 1901
census, Jenny Graham was soon to have her fifth living child that would
become Leonard. His father, John, was a telegraph instrument maker.
Living at 237 Church Road in Leyton. |
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According to the 1911
census, the nine year-old Leonard was now
the youngest of five children. They still live at 237 Church Road. His
father is still a telegraph instrument maker. His parents had two other
children that had died. |
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According to the 1921 census, Leonard, a wholesale draper's
assistant is the only child still living at home with his parents still at
237 Church Road. |
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Marriage |
to Gladys E. Relf,
on 19 October 1925
[registered in West Ham, December 1925]. |
"PROFESSIONALS AT FOOTBALL NOT MANUAL WORKERS
"PROFESSIONAL footballers are not manual
labourers and are therefore not insurable.
"This was the decision of Mr Justice Roche in
the King's Bench Division yesterday when he gave judgement in the
'friendly' test case raised in a reference by the Ministry of Health. Len
Graham, the Millwall full-back, was the respondent.
"The court was
asked to decide whether, although a player might be paid more than £250 a year, he and and his employers were still liable to make health
and unemployment contributions.
"Mr Anthony Hawke, for Len Graham and
the Football League, explained to the judge that the League had no wish to
escape their responsibilities and obligations towards players who did them
such admirable service.
"If, in fact, on a true construction of the
Act, players in receipt of a salary exceeding £250 a year were not
insurable persons, the League did not want to continue making payments
which, of course, involved a great deal of expense, not only upon League
clubs, but upon the players themselves.
"A professional player
was certainly not an insurable person - provided he was in receipt of a
salary exceeding £250 - within the terms of the National Health
Insurance Act.
"Mr Justice Roche: 'Because he is not engaged in manual
labour?'
"Mr Hawke: 'Yes.'
"'Playing football requires great skill
and dexterity,' said Mr Hawke.
The Judge: 'And very hard work. So does
cricket. Charles Fry told me that, although he made several centuries in
university matches, he did not know really how to play cricket until he
worked at it under the tuition of Ranjitsinjhi, as he then was.'
Mr
Justice Roche, giving judgement, said: 'Play and work are two different
things. Professional footballers are engaged not in work, but in play.
They are playing for reward or payment, and so are professional
cricketers, but they are still playing a game. It may be said that
they are working at their play, and so they are. But what they are not
doing is working at manual work. Footballers and professional
cricketers are engaged to amuse and entertain other people at playing a
game. For these reasons I hold that this man is employed not by way
of manual labour and is not insurable.'
"The judge added that it had
been made abundantly clear that this was not a question of the clubs or
League organisations concerned not wishing to do the right thing by the
players." - Saturday, 21
April 1934, Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror |
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According to the 1939 register, Leonard, a public house manager, is
married to Gladys E., a manageress, and living at 103 Charing Cross Road
in Holborn, along with two staff and two servants. |
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Death |
21 December 1962,
aged
61 years 114 days
[registered in Kensington, December 1962]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Played schools football in Leyton, and junior
football in the Walthamstow League for Capworth United FC. Played with
Letyonstone FC in 1922-23, as well as touring with the Middlesex Wanderers
FC. Joined Millwall Athletic FC as an amateur in 1923, becoming
professional in the October. He remained at Millwall, becoming club
captain, until injury forced his retirement in 1934,
he had played in 313 league matches, scoring
eight goals. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Three South winners
1927-28; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance);
FA Charity
Shield
runners-up with Professionals 1925; |
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Distinctions |
Also played cricket with Essex CCC
(1926) |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 10st.
11lbs [1925]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of four who became the 485th
players (487)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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First match |
No. 144, 28 February 1925, Wales 1 England 2,
a British Championship match at Vetch Field, Glamorgan Street, Swansea, aged 23 years
183 days. |
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Last match |
No. 145, 4 April 1925, Scotland
2 England 0, a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida,
Glasgow, aged 23 years 218 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1924-25; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
FA Tour of Australia
1925; |
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Distinctions |
The
most appearanced Englishman at Millwall FC |
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Beyond England |
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A cricket coach at Merchant Taylors'
School in Northwood. Appointed as an FA instructor to Kent
Secondary Schoolboys in 1935, replacing Syd Puddefoot, who in turn had
replaced Wally Hardinge. Afterwards, he coached The Hague from 1936 until
1939, when he became an licensee in Charing Cross. Later going into
business. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.110. |
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Len Graham - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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3 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Len Graham
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away
-
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Len Graham
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1924-25 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Notes
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