Alan Woollett

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Alan Howard Woollett (born 4 March 1947)[1] is a locally born former defender[2] who played for Leicester City[3] during what many people believe to have been their golden era in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[4][5]

Career

Steady and committed[6] he was a member of the losing[7] 1969 FA Cup Final side[8] and was eventually awarded a testimonial against Chelsea in 1977.[9] In 2003 ex-Fox[10] Steve Earle revealed that, unlike many players from that era, Woollett had never considered a move to the United States[11] because he could not bear to be parted from his dog. When it eventually died he was too distraught to travel with the squad for a game against Liverpool in May 1973. Manager Jimmy Bloomfield tried to get his teammates to show some respectful sympathy[12] – a feat teammate Len Glover was singularly unable to manage.[13]

He spent 1978/79, his final season of league football, with Northampton Town.

Honours

Leicester City

References

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