Les Slatter

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Les Slatter
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Full name Leslie Arthur Heber Slatter[1]
Date of birth (1931-11-22)22 November 1931[1]
Place of birth Reading, Berkshire, England[1]
Date of death September 2023(2023-09-00) (aged 91)
Place of death Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Mount Pleasant YC
1949– Luton Town 1 (0)
1952–1953 Crusaders (5)
1953–1954 Aston Villa 0 (0)
1954–1955 York City 13 (0)
1955– Scarborough 130+ ?
Total 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leslie Arthur Heber Slatter (22 November 1931 – September 2023) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Luton Town and York City, in non-League football for Mount Pleasant YC and Scarborough, in Northern Ireland for Crusaders (scoring 10 goals in his sole season),[3] and was on the books of Aston Villa without making a league appearance.[1][2]

Slatter made 172 consecutive appearances for Scarborough between 1955 and 1959 in all competitions, which was a club record.

Slatter died in Luton in September 2023, at the age of 91.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 566. ISBN 978-1-85291-665-7.
  2. ^ a b Jarred, Martin; Windross, Dave (1997). Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Selby: Citizen Publications. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7.
  3. ^ Crusaders Official Programme Vol. 14, No. 15, 14 April 2002
  4. ^ "Les Slatter 1931–2023". Luton Town Football Club. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2024.


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