Leslie Ford

Leslie Frank Ford... served in the Royal Navy during the Great War (from 2 July 1918 to 2 September 1919)... emigrated from Kent, ENG to Regina, SK, CAN in 1921... he married his wife Winifred Annie Jessie Lever in 1927 in West Ham... he was 86 years old when he passed away in 1986...

part of the Canadian team that toured Australia for more than three months in 1924, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction...

as noted in 1924 in The Globe as well as in an Australia program, Ford had “the reputation of being the most consistent player in the west”... as noted in a 1924 Brisbane program, Ford “is one of the best forwards in Saskatchewan”...