Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leon Henry Vaessen | ||
Date of birth | 8 November 1940 | ||
Place of birth | New Cross, England | ||
Position(s) | Half-back | ||
Youth career | |||
?–1958 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1958–1961 | Millwall | 26 | (2) |
1961–1963 | Gillingham | 29 | (0) |
1963–1965 | Dover | ||
1965–? | Crawley Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Leon Henry Vaessen (born 8 November 1940) was an English professional footballer of the 1950s and 1960s. He made over 50 appearances in The Football League.
Born in New Cross, he joined Chelsea as a youngster, but was not offered a professional contract. [1] In January 1958 he signed for Millwall and went on to make 26 Football League appearances for the "Lions", [2] but never established himself as a regular starter. [1] At the end of the 1960–61 season, he was transferred to Gillingham. [1] He was initially a regular in the team, but fell out of favour, playing just once in the 1962–63 season, [3] before being sold to Dover for a fee of £500. [1] His last known club was Crawley Town. [1]
His mother was English and his father was Dutch. [4] His son Paul played for Arsenal but was forced to retire due to injury and fell into a life of crime and drug addiction before dying at the age of 39 in 2001. [5]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Leon Henry Vaessen | ||
Date of birth | 8 November 1940 | ||
Place of birth | New Cross, England | ||
Position(s) | Half-back | ||
Youth career | |||
?–1958 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1958–1961 | Millwall | 26 | (2) |
1961–1963 | Gillingham | 29 | (0) |
1963–1965 | Dover | ||
1965–? | Crawley Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Leon Henry Vaessen (born 8 November 1940) was an English professional footballer of the 1950s and 1960s. He made over 50 appearances in The Football League.
Born in New Cross, he joined Chelsea as a youngster, but was not offered a professional contract. [1] In January 1958 he signed for Millwall and went on to make 26 Football League appearances for the "Lions", [2] but never established himself as a regular starter. [1] At the end of the 1960–61 season, he was transferred to Gillingham. [1] He was initially a regular in the team, but fell out of favour, playing just once in the 1962–63 season, [3] before being sold to Dover for a fee of £500. [1] His last known club was Crawley Town. [1]
His mother was English and his father was Dutch. [4] His son Paul played for Arsenal but was forced to retire due to injury and fell into a life of crime and drug addiction before dying at the age of 39 in 2001. [5]