Chelsea FC Profile: Leslie Knighton

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Full Name: Albert Leslie Knighton

Born: Saturday, 19th March 1887
Place of birth: Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England
Died: Wednesday, 27th May 1959 (aged 72)
Place of death: Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Burial: Cremated - Bournemouth Crematorium and North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Dorset

Involvement with Chelsea:

Manager from 1933 to 1939

Playing Career:

Chelsea Manager Career Summary

Manager from: May, 1933 Manager until: April, 1939
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Win % Goals / Game League 248 84 62 102 382 420 33.87% 1.54 F.A. Cup 21 8 7 6 31 22 38.1% 1.48 Total 269 92 69 108 413 442 34.2% 1.54
Players In Date Name Amount Jun 1933 Tommy Priestley unknown Jun 1933 Billy Mitchell unknown Jun 1933 Johnny Jackson unknown Aug 1933 Jimmy Argue Free Sep 1933 Bob Gregg unknown Mar 1934 Jock Hutcheson unknown Mar 1934 Alec Cheyne unknown Oct 1934 Bill Barraclough unknown Oct 1934 Dick Spence unknown Oct 1934 Ernest Reid unknown Nov 1934 Albert Tennant unknown Dec 1934 Joe Bambrick unknown Mar 1935 Harry Burgess unknown Nov 1935 David Alexander unknown Dec 1935 Peter Buchanan unknown Feb 1936 Jack Sherborne unknown May 1936 Dickie Foss unknown Aug 1936 Sam Weaver unknown Jan 1937 Doug Smale unknown Feb 1937 Alex White unknown Mar 1937 Jack Smith unknown May 1937 Sid Bidewell unknown May 1937 Ned Barkas unknown Mar 1938 Joe Payne unknown Jul 1938 Alf Hanson unknown Nov 1938 Bob Salmond unknown	Players Out Date Name May 1933 Sid Bishop Jun 1933 George Pearson May 1934 Johnnie Rankin May 1934 Jackie Crawford Jun 1934 Sam Dudley Jun 1934 Tommy Priestley Jul 1934 Stanley Prout Nov 1934 Hughie Gallacher Oct 1935 Peter O'Dowd Jan 1936 Willie Russell May 1936 Leslie Odell Jun 1936 Alec Cheyne Jun 1936 Stan Macintosh Dec 1936 Bob MacAulay Jun 1937 Jock Hutcheson Jun 1937 Eric Oakton Jun 1937 Jack Horton Jun 1937 James Copeland Mar 1938 Joe Bambrick Jun 1938 Bob Gregg Aug 1938 Bill Barraclough Dec 1938 Wilf Chitty

Chelsea Graves Society Info & External Research Links:

Leslie passed away at The Royal Victoria Hospital in Bournemouth

Dod changed from 10th May 59 to 27th May 59 as per Newspaper reports and Probate information. 10/5/23 (see Ancestry)

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