Leigh Richmond Roose Football player

Leigh Richmond "Dick" Roose, MM, (27 November 1877 – 7 October 1916) was a Welsh international footballer who kept goal for a number of professional clubs in the Football League between 1901 and 1912. A celebrated amateur at a time when the game was played largely by professionals, Roose was renowned as one of the best players in his position in the Edwardian period. He was also well known as a footballing eccentric, and many stories about him are still told today.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Dick Roose
Birth date	November 27, 1877
Birth place	Holt Wales , Wales national football team
Date of death	October 07, 1916
Place of death	Western Front (World War I)
Height (meters)	1.8542

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position	Goalkeeper (association football)
teams	Cefn Druids A.F.C. Aberystwyth Town F.C. Celtic F.C. Everton F.C. Huddersfield Town F.C. Port Vale F.C. Stoke City F.C. Sunderland A.F.C. Wales national football team London Welsh F.C.