Les Eyre

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

Les Eyre
Personal information
Full name Ernest Leslie Eyre[1]
Date of birth (1922-01-07) 7 January 1922
Place of birth Ilkeston, England
Date of death 19 November 1991(1991-11-19) (aged 69)
Place of death Norwich, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1951 Norwich City 185 (58)
1951–1953 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 38 (10)
Chelmsford City
Bilsthorpe Colliery
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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
  1. "Les Eyre". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Accessed 8 November 2007
  3. EDP24: Norwich City FC centenary Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Les Eyre". Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  5. "Norwich City top 100 appearances: Les Eyre (69)". Eastern Daily Press. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.


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