Les Massie

{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1935–2020)}}

{{more citations needed|date=March 2010}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Les Massie

| image =

| fullname = Leslie Massie

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|7|20|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|11|1935|7|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aberdeen, Scotland

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = –1956

| youthclubs1 = Banks o' Dee

| years1 = 1956–1966

| years2 = 1966–1967

| years3 = 1967–1969

| years4 = 1969–1970

| years5 = 1970–1971

| years6 = 1972–1973

| clubs1 = Huddersfield Town

| clubs2 = Darlington

| clubs3 = Halifax Town

| clubs4 = Bradford Park Avenue

| clubs5 = Workington

| clubs6 = Drogheda United

| caps1 = 335

| caps2 = 20

| caps3 = 89

| caps4 = 14

| caps5 = 62

| caps6 = ?

| goals1 = 100

| goals2 = 2

| goals3 = 41

| goals4 = 2

| goals5 = 15

| goals6 = ?

}}

Leslie "Les" Massie (20 July 1935 – 11 November 2020) was a Scottish footballer, who played most of his games during the 1950s and 1960s for Huddersfield Town.

Biography

Massie and ex-Huddersfield player John Coddington signed for Drogheda United in January 1973. He made his League of Ireland debut on 4 February 1973 at Lourdes Stadium.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1973/0205/Pg005.html#Ar00502:51466052C67753566056567765B68668B69E66D6EF692700|website=Irish Times|date=5 February 1973|url-access=subscription|title=Irish Times|page=5}}

In 2006, he was named on Huddersfield's 100 fans' favourites of all time.

Massie died on 11 November 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.htafc.com/news/2020/november/in-memoriam-les-massie/|title = In Memoriam: Les Massie}}

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