Len Martindale

{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Len Martindale | fullname = Leonard Martindale<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|13264|accessdate=14 May 2015}}</ref> | birth_date = 30 June 1920 | birth_place = Bolton, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1971|10|09|1920|06|30|df=y}} | death_place = Chorley, England | position = Wing half | years1 = | clubs1 = Rossendale United | caps1 = ? | goals1 = ? | years2 = 1937–1951 | clubs2 = Burnley | caps2 = 69 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 1951–1952 | clubs3 = Accrington Stanley | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 0 }} '''Leonard Martindale''' (30 June 1920 – 9 October 1971)<ref>{{cite book|first=Ray|last=Simpson|title=The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007|year=2007|isbn=978-0-9557468-0-2|page=498}}</ref> was an English-born association footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League either side of World War II.<ref name=joyce/>

He made 69 League appearances for Burnley, before transferring to Accrington Stanley in 1951-52.<ref name=joyce>{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |first=Michael |last=Joyce |publisher=Soccerdata |year=2004 |isbn=1-899468-67-6 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martindale, Len}} Category:1920 births Category:1971 deaths Category:Footballers from Bolton Category:Men's association football wing halves Category:Rossendale United F.C. players Category:Burnley F.C. players Category:Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players Category:English men's footballers Category:English Football League players Category:20th-century English sportsmen