Ray Iggleden

Ray Iggleden
Personal information
Full name Horatio Iggleden[1]
Date of birth (1925-03-17)17 March 1925
Place of birth Kingston upon Hull, England
Date of death 21 December 2003(2003-12-21) (aged 78)
Place of death Kingston upon Hull, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1948 Leicester City 11 (2)
1948–1955 Leeds United 169 (47)
1955–1956 Exeter City 27 (8)
1956–1958 Goole Town
1958–19?? Barton Town
Total 207+ (57+)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Horatio "Ray" Iggleden (17 March 1925 – 17 December 2003) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward for Leicester City, Leeds United and Exeter City. He appeared over 100 times for Leeds and was their top scorer for one season.

Career

Iggleden was born in Kingston upon Hull on 17 March 1925.[1] He attended Constable Street School in Hull, and played for Hull City Boys regularly, and for the Yorkshire Boys team in 1938.[3]

He played wartime football for Leicester City in 1941, and in 1942 agreed professional terms to sign for the club.[4][5] He went to serve in the Royal Marines however, and was part of their football team that toured Holland in 1945,[6] before returning to play for Leicester in February 1946.[7][8] Having made 11 appearances for the club, in which he scored two goals,[1] Iggleden handed in a transfer request to Leicester City in late 1948, but turned down an offer from Southend United to avoid moving to the South.[6]

In December 1948, Iggleden transferred to Leeds United as part of a player swap deal with Ken Chisholm.[6] He played 16 league matches for Leeds in the 1948–49 season, but was transfer listed at his own request in September 1949,[3] and again in September 1950.[9] The early months of the 1951–52 season saw Iggleden hit form for Leeds, which carried through to the end of the season as he finished the season as Leeds' top goalscorer.[10][11] He underwent a nose operation in summer 1952.[11] He remained a key player until the 1954–55 season where he was diaplaced by Bobby Forrest, and ended up scoring 50 goals from 181 games in total for Leeds.[12][13]

He transferred to Exeter City in July 1955.[13] He was Exeter's joint top goalscorer in the 1955–56 season with 10 goals in all competitions,[14] though Exeter left him open to transfer at the end of the season.[15] He signed for Midland League club Goole Town in August 1956,[16] and in August 1958 he moved on to Barton Town of the Lincolnshire Football League.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ray Iggleden". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Chisholm leaves United". Yorkshire Evening Post. 30 December 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ a b "Sports gossip". Hull Daily Mail. 1 September 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Iggleden in tomorrow". Leicester Evening Mail. 24 October 1941. p. 11. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "City Colt signs professional". Leicester Evening Mail. 18 March 1942. p. 7. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ a b c "Leicester City sign Chisholm from Leeds". Leicester Daily Mercury. 30 December 1948. p. 8. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "City's doubts for Southampton". Leicester Evening Mail. 14 February 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Littlewood, Jack (16 February 1946). "Defensive blunder gives Saints early lead". Leicester Evening Mail. p. 8. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Iggleden offered by United". Bradford Observer. 9 September 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Player in the picture no. 9 – Ray Iggleden". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 17 November 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ a b Brown, Phil (12 June 1952). "Iggleden recovering after nose operation". Yorkshire Evening Post. p. 16. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Iggleden: Horatio (Ray)". ozwhitelufc.net.au. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  13. ^ a b "Players in a hurry: 5 minutes for tea". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 16 July 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "Games, goals and gates". Express and Echo. 28 April 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "Exeter City offer terms to 25 for next season". Express and Echo. 30 April 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Iggleden returns". Leicester Evening Mail. 13 August 1956. p. 9. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ "Iggleden signs for Barton". Grimsby Daily Telegraph. 28 August 1958. p. 3. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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