Len Duns
{{Short description|English footballer (1916–1989)}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
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| fullname = Leonard Duns{{Hugman | 5593 | Len Duns | accessdate = 26 November 2017}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|9|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|4|29|1916|9|28|df=y}}
| death_place = Ponteland, Northumberland, England
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| position = Right winger
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| youthclubs1 = Newcastle West End
| years1 = 1935–1952
| clubs1 = Sunderland
| caps1 = 215
| goals1 = 45
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Leonard Duns (28 September 1916 – 29 April 1989){{cite book | title=All The Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderand AFC | publisher=Sunderland AFC|author1=Dykes, Garth |author2=Lamming, Doug| year=2000| isbn=1-899538-15-1|page=123}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20110612140746/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article498172.ece Article mentioning Len Duns' "widow"] was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as outside right. He was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
Club career
Duns made his debut for Sunderland on 2 November 1935 in a 2–2 tie against Portsmouth at Fratton Park.{{cite web|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mplayers/MPG298.asp|title=Len Duns|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-08-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831031447/http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mplayers/MPG298.asp|archivedate=31 August 2006|df=dmy-all}} In the first five games in the 1937 Cup run, Duns scored at least once, and by the age of 21 he had won both the FA cup and the league championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.a-love-supreme.com/100%20greatest/30-21.htm|title=SAFC TOP 100|publisher=ALS publications|accessdate=2008-08-01}} He also won the 1936 FA Charity Shield.{{cite news
|url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1936-37CharityShield.htm
|title=1936/37 F.A. Charity Shield
|publisher=footballsite.co.uk
|access-date=29 November 2021}} In his career at Sunderland, he made 248 appearances and scored 54 goals.