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Player #212

From:

To:

Career Status:

1908-09

1908-09

Retired

Appearances:

2

Starts:

2

Goals:

0

Assists:

-

Involvements:

0

Len Skiller

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Goalkeeper

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Len Skiller

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1909 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #212 |

Season :

1908-09

Age :

24

Division :

D1

Squad # :

#

Appearances :

2

Starts :

2

Substitute :

0

Unused :

0

Goals :

0

Assists :

-

Involvements :

0

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-

Sendings Off :

-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Leon George Ferdinand Skiller

Birth Date

11 December 1883

Birth Place

Penzance, Cornwall

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Leytonstone
South Weald FC
Leyton

Original Transfer

Aged

24

From

Leyton

For

Free

On

September 1908

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

25

Swindon Town

Free

July 1909

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

Swindon Town
Retired

Died

1 July 1936, Aged 52

Len Skiller

Villa Career

1909 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #212 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

9 January 1909

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

9 January 1909

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1908-09

9 January 1909

Nottingham Forest (h), Division One

25

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1908-09

16 January 1909

Nottingham Forest (a), FA Cup

25

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

16 January 1909

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Len Skiller

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Player #213 for Aston Villa, Leon George Ferdinand Skiller, known as Len Skiller played as a goalkeeper for the club.

Len made 2 appearances for Villa in the 1908-09 season.

Len was born in Penzance on 11th December 1883 and made his debut appearance for Villa at the age of 25 on the 9th January 1909.

Villa had signed Len from Leyton in September 1908. Len’s second and final appearance came just a week later on 16th January 1909 before Len moved on to Swindon Town in July 1909.

Len was the 23rd custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football.

Len’s 2 games for Villa saw him concede 4 goals, at a ratio of 2 goals per game and fail to keep a clean sheet, losing both games.

Len played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Len passed away in Penzance in July 1936 aged 52.

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