Daniel Le Roux

{{Short description|South African soccer player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Use South African English|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Daniel Le Roux

| image =

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| fullname = Daniel Leow Le Roux{{cite book

| last = Hugman

| first = Barry J.

| title = The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005

| publisher = Queen Anne Press

| year = 2005

| page = 368

| isbn = 1-85291-665-6 }}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|11|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Port Shepstone, South Africa

| death_date = August 2016 (aged 82)

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| position = Winger

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| years1 = 1950

| years2 = 1951–1956

| years3 = 1957–1958

| years4 = 1959–1961

| years5 = 1962–1965

| years6 = 1966

| years7 = 1967–1968

| years8 = 1970

| clubs1 = Berea

| clubs2 = Queen's Park (Durban)

| clubs3 = Arsenal

| clubs4 = Durban City

| clubs5 = Durban United

| clubs6 = Addington

| clubs7 = Durban City

| clubs8 = Maritzburg

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| caps3 = 5

| caps4 = ?

| caps5 = ?

| caps6 = ?

| caps7 = ?

| caps8 = ?

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| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = ?

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| nationalyears1 = 1954–1955

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 6{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/zaf-recintlp.html |title=South Africa - International Appearances |publisher=Rsssf.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-22}}

| nationalgoals1 = 2

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Daniel Leow Le Roux (25 November 1933 - August 2016) was a South African former footballer who played as a winger.{{Cite web|url=https://midsouthcoastrisingsun.co.za/2876/death-of-dashing-danny-le-roux/|title=Death of 'Dashing Danny' Le Roux|date=2016-08-11|website=Rising Sun Mid South Coast|access-date=2019-08-01}}

Pre-football career

He was born in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal. He was a bank clerk before he took up football.{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/592/dan-le-roux |title=Dan Le Roux |publisher=Arsenal.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610214606/http://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/592/dan-le-roux |archive-date=10 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}

Career

Le Roux played for Queen's Park in his native South Africa before signing for English First Division team Arsenal in February 1957. He made five Football League appearances in the 1957–58 season before returning to South Africa to play for Durban City.{{cite news

| title = Arsenal : 1946/47 - 2009/10

| url = http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/arsenal/arsenal.html

| publisher = Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database

| accessdate = 2010-08-18}}

Arsenal

He made his debut on 7 December 1957 in a 2-1 loss to Burnley where he played as an outside right. His teammate Jim Standen was also a debutant.{{cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/matches/burnley-v-arsenal-07-december-1957-74914/ |title=Burnley v Arsenal, 07 December 1957 - 11v11 match report |publisher=11v11.com |date=1957-12-07 |accessdate=2013-11-22}}

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