Geoffrey Lees (1 October 1933 – 6 June 2019) was an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

wing half A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Career

Born in

Rotherham Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of ...

, Lees played for

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

and

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

. During his time with Bradford City he made three appearances in the Football League.Frost, p. 384 After retiring as a player, Lees worked as a youth coach at Barnsley. He died on 5 June 2019. His father

Joe Lees Joseph William D. Lees (q1 1892 – 26 July 1933) was an English footballer who scored 31 goals from 92 appearances in the Football League playing for Barnsley, Rotherham County, Lincoln City and Halifax Town. He was a member of Rotherham Coun ...

was also a footballer; both played for Barnsley.

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1933 births 2019 deaths English men's footballers Barnsley F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football wing halves Barnsley F.C. non-playing staff Footballers from Rotherham {{England-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub