Les Orphan

{{short description|Welsh footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Les Orphan

| fullname = Leslie James Orphan

| birth_date = 17 April 1923

| birth_place = Newport, Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age |1995|9|11|1923|4|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Newport, Wales

| position = Inside forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1949

| clubs1 = Girlings

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1949

| clubs2 = Newport County

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| years3 =

| clubs3 = Lovell's Athletic

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| nationalyears1 = 1949

| nationalteam1 = Wales Amateurs

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Leslie James Orphan (17 April 1923 – 11 September 1995) was a Welsh amateur footballer who made one appearance as an inside forward in the Football League for Newport County.{{hugman|15054|accessdate=29 July 2017}}{{NeilBrownPlayers|newport/newport|Newport County : 1946/47 – 1987/88 & 2013/14}} He was capped by Wales at amateur level.{{Cite web |last=McColl |first=Brian |last2=Gorman |first2=Douglas |last3=Campbell |first3=George |title=Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974 |url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702210501/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf |archive-date=2 July 2017 |access-date=28 July 2017 |page=337}}