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Les Eyre (7 January 1922 – 19 November 1991) was a footballer who was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England and played for Norwich City.[2]

Les Eyre

Personal information
Full name	Ernest Leslie Eyre[1]
Date of birth	(1922-01-07) 7 January 1922 (age 100)
Place of birth	Ilkeston, England
Date of death	19 November 1991(1991-11-19) (aged 69)
Place of death	Norwich, England
Position(s)	Inside forward
Youth career
	Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1951	Norwich City	185	(58)
1951–1953	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	38	(10)
	Chelmsford City
	Bilsthorpe Colliery
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Eyre played 201 times in all competitions for Norwich City, scoring 69 goals, between 1946 and 1951.[3] His exploits as one of Norwich's all-time leading scorers (see List of Norwich City F.C. club records) won him a place as one of the fan nominees in the inaugural Norwich City Hall of Fame. In 1951, after leaving Norwich, Eyre joined Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, scoring 10 goals in 38 league games.[4] Following this spell, Eyre dropped into non-league, playing for Chelmsford City and Bilsthorpe Colliery.[5]

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