| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 June 1911 | ||
| Place of birth | Staveley, Derbyshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 May 1949(1949-05-04) (aged 37) | ||
| Place of death | Superga, Italy | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 192?-1929 | Rossington Colliery | ||
| 1929–1931 | Doncaster Rovers | 66 | (21) |
| 1931–1932 | Manchester United | ? | (?) |
| 1932-1933 | Chesterfield | ? | (?) |
| 1933–1937 | Torquay United | 130 | (3) |
| 1937–1939 | Crystal Palace | 75 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1945–1946 | Heracles Almelo | ||
| 1947–1948 | Torino (youth team) | ||
| 1948 | Italy Olympic | ||
| 1948–1949 | Torino | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leslie Lievesley (23 June 1911[2] – 4 May 1949)[3] was an Englishfootball player and manager. During his playing career, his regular position was atfull-back.
Born inStaveley, Derbyshire, Lievesley started his career as an amateur withRossington Main Colliery, where his fatherJoe was playing at the time while working at the nearby coal mine, following spells atSheffield United andArsenal.[4] Leslie moved toDoncaster Rovers in 1929. After scoring 21 goals in 66 games, he was signed byManchester United, but played with them during one of their less successful eras, when they were aFootball League Second Division side. He then went toChesterfield in March 1933, spent four seasons atTorquay United and two atCrystal Palace.[5]
Following the start of theSecond World War in 1939, Lievesley joined theRoyal Air Force, where he became a parachute trainer[3] and dispatch officer.[6]
Following the war he became a coach in the Netherlands atHeracles Almelo, then in 1947, after turning down an offer from Marseille in France, transferred to Italian clubTorino[6] as youth team coach.[3] He coached the Italy national team at the1948 Summer Olympics and became first-team coach at Torino that year.[3] In 1949 he had been offered a contract to coach rival teamJuventus,[3] when on 4 May he was one of 31 fatalities in theSuperga air disaster that killed almost the entire Torino squad when they were in the process of winning theSerie A title.[3][5][6] He had previously survived two air crashes in the war and one in 1948 when travelling with the Torino youth team.[3][6]
As well as his father, Joe, Lievesley's brothers Ernest, and Harold, and uncleWilf were all professional footballers.[5] His son, Bill, was a professional cyclist[7]
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