• Alexander Leake (11 July 1871 – 29 March 1938) was an English professional footballer who won five caps for his country and made 407 appearances in the...
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    United in May 1906 after being banned for bribing Aston Villa half-back Alex Leake £10 to lose a match. There, he won the league title in 1907–08 and 1910–11...
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  • key participant in the 1905 scandal, where he allegedly tried to bribe Alex Leake, a rival player with Aston Villa, a sum of £10 to throw the final match...
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    – 41 5 † 160 William Brawn  England Forward 1901–1906 – 107 20 – 163 Alex Leake  England Midfielder 1902–1907 – 140 9 – 169 Bert Hall  England Forward...
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    102 goals from 253 games before the First World War. 1956 FA Cup Finalist Alex Govan was responsible for Harry Lauder's song "Keep right on to the end of...
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    Javon Leake (born August 1, 1998) is an American professional football running back and return specialist for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football...
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  • ten appearances as one of several players tried at centre-half before Alex Leake came through from the reserve team to become the regular first choice...
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    GK Billy George DF Howard Spencer (c) DF Alf Miles MF Joe Pearson MF Alex Leake MF Jack Windmill FW Billy Brawn FW Billy Garraty FW Harry Hampton FW Joe...
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    Liverpool team and picked the visitors' dressing room. Former Burnley captain Alex Leake had advised the Burnley players to do so as several previous FA Cup-winning...
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  • from Start Point, Devon, England to Caravelas, Brazil in 43 hours. Died: Alex Leake, 66, English footballer The U.S. government demanded that Mexico pay fair...
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  • Both totals remain as of 2012[update] club records. Abbott, half back Alex Leake and forward Sid Wharton each played in all 40 league and FA Cup matches...
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  • in an unofficial international against a German XI, alongside clubmate Alex Leake. In the 1901 Census, Wharton was listed as a professional footballer living...
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  • and remarkably persistent", and that he and his half-back colleagues Alex Leake and Walter Wigmore "get through an amount of work that is simply astonishing"...
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  • influential winger Billy Meredith was accused of bribing Aston Villa player Alex Leake and was faced with an 18-month ban from The Football Association, who...
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  • grandfather of Jack Grealish, made 30 appearances during the season. Alex Leake joined Aston Villa from Small Heath in July 1902, when he was 31, and...
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  • competitive matches during the season and there were 12 different goalscorers. Alex Leake appeared in every match, and the top scorer was Jimmy Inglis with 16 goals...
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  • SCO Apps Goals Vivian Woodward 1/2 1 1 3 2 Steve Bloomer 1 1/1 1 3 1 Alex Leake 1 1 1 3 0 Charlie Roberts 1 1 1 3 0 Stanley Harris 1/1 1 2 1 Dicky Bond...
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  • domestic league titles playing for Rangers and Sunderland. 11 July – Alex Leake (d. 1938), England international half-back in five matches (1904–1905)...
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  • ageing but still influential former England international centre half Alex Leake, did not regain it. He was not retained at the end of the season, and...
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  • from 1909 to 1913. He was the cousin of fellow England international Alex Leake. He died in Small Heath at the age of 56. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football...
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  • Chesterfield Town, Walter Wigmore dropped back to centre-half in place of Alex Leake, who had been injured in the Charity Cup-tie. Billy Bennett replaced Wigmore...
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  • 20 March 2024. "England Players – Alec Leake". England Football Online. Retrieved 20 March 2024. "Alec Leake". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024...
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  • Joseph Bache 1/1 1/1 2 2 Alf Common 1 1/2 2 2 George Davis 1/1 1 2 1 Alex Leake 1 1 2 0 Vivian Woodward 1 1 2 0 William Brawn 1 1 2 0 Tommy Crawshaw 1...
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  • did not appear again for Burnley that season, unable to displace first Alex Leake and later Frederick Whittaker from the starting eleven. Beddow struggled...
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  • Billy Walton and Devey were replaced by Jack Jones, Charlie Izon and Alex Leake, the latter two making their first appearances of the season, as Small...
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  • the First Division. Although Small Heath led twice, first through Alec Leake and early in the second half via a Walter Abbott goal, the Owl thought them...
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  • ever-present over the 35-match season; full-back Archie Goldie and half-back Alex Leake each missed only one match. Bob McRoberts was leading scorer with 24 goals...
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  • fee of £180 to reunite him with McRoberts. Tried at centre-half when Alex Leake was injured, he impressed so much that for nine years he remained first...
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  • 34 appearances Joe Bache, 34 appearances Joe Pearson, 30 appearances Alex Leake, 26 appearances Jack Windmill, 16 appearances Billy Brawn, 15 appearances...
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  • Sarah Cassidy with Treacher Collins syndrome, 90210 as Alex Scarborough, Criminal Minds as Trish Leake, and as a singing Cactus Kid in Six Feet Under. She...
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