Les Pearce (Welsh rugby)

{{Short description|Wales international rugby league footballer & coach (1923–2018)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|first = RU

|name = Les Pearce

|fullname = Leslie Pearce

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1923|10|13|df=y}}

|birth_place = Swansea, Wales

|death_date = {{death date and age |2018|04|21|1923|10|13|df=y}}

|ru_position = Lock

|position = {{rlp|SR}}

|ru_club1 = Swansea RFC

|ru_year1start = 1948

|ru_year1end = 49

|ru_appearances1 = 31

|ru_tries1 = 4

|ru_goals1 =

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|ru_points1 = 12

|club1 = Halifax

|year1start = 1949

|year1end = 59

|appearances1 = 120

|tries1 = 16

|goals1 = 0

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 48

| club2 = Dewsbury

| year2start = 1959

| year2end = ??

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|coachteam1 = Halifax

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|coachteam2 = Leigh

|coachyear2start = 1972

|coachyear2end = 74

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|coachteam3 = Dewsbury

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|coachteamA = Wales

|coachyearAstart = 1975

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|coachgamesA = 9

|coachwinsA = 3

|coachdrawsA = 0

|coachlossesA = 6

|new = yes

|retired = yes

|updated = 4 February 2021

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/les-pearce/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/les-pearce/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}{{cite magazine |title= Les Pearce - Halifax & Wales coach |magazine=Rugby League Journal |issue=63 |date=Summer 2018 |page=31}}

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Leslie Pearce (13 October 1923 – 21 April 2018{{cite web |url=http://www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/article/16344/former-wales-head-coach-les-pearce-dies-aged- |title=Former Wales head coach Les Pearce dies aged 93 |publisher=Wales Rugby League |date=22 April 2018 |access-date=22 April 2018}}) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1970s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC as a lock, and club level rugby league (RL) for Halifax as a {{rlp|sr}}, and coached representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Halifax, Leigh and Dewsbury.