Les_Eyre

Les Eyre

Les Eyre

English footballer

Les Eyre (7 January 1922 – 19 November 1991) was a footballer who was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England and played for Norwich City.[2]

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Career

Eyre played 201 times in all competitions for Norwich City, scoring 69 goals, between 1946 and 1951.[3] His exploits as one of Norwich's all-time leading scorers (see List of Norwich City F.C. club records) won him a place as one of the fan nominees in the inaugural Norwich City Hall of Fame. In 1951, after leaving Norwich, Eyre joined Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, scoring 10 goals in 38 league games.[4] Following this spell, Eyre dropped into non-league, playing for Chelmsford City and Bilsthorpe Colliery.[5]

References

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    "Les Eyre". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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    "Les Eyre". Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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    "Norwich City top 100 appearances: Les Eyre (69)". Eastern Daily Press. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.


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