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unusual facts about outside left



Billy Wardle

William "Billy" Wardle (20 January 1918 – January 1989) was an English professional footballer born in Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, who played as an outside left.

Frode Holstad Hansen

After playing all the matches for Fredrikstad in 1982, Hansen had a dispute with the new head coach Tony Knapp, and did not play any matches in 1983, except 15 minutes in the last match of the season when he came on as a substitute to play outside left.

George Robb

George Robb (1 June 1926 – 25 December 2011) was a footballer who played outside left for Tottenham Hotspur and England.

Harry Osman

Harry James Osman (29 January 1911 – 17 December 1998) was an English footballer who played as an outside left for Southampton (the "Saints") for two seasons in the 1930s and went on to become manager of Winchester City where he "discovered" future England international Terry Paine.


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Roger Peters

Peters started the season at outside left but had to share the left wing duties with Jantzen Derrick and made only 13 appearances scoring his first goal in the final game of the season on 28 April 1962 in a 2-2 draw v Crystal Palace.