| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lesley Cameron Locke[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1934-01-24)24 January 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Perth, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1996(1996-00-00) (aged 61–62)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Durban, South Africa | ||
| Position | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Bromley | |||
| 1956–1960 | Queens Park Rangers | 76 | (24) |
| Guildford City | |||
| International career | |||
| 1956–1958 | Scotland amateur | 5 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lesley Cameron Locke (24 January 1934 – 1996) was a Scottish footballer, who played in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers[3][4] and a track and field athlete from Scotland who competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Football
Locke also made guest appearances for Tottenham Hotspur.[5][citation needed] He remained an amateur after joining QPR, gaining three caps for the Scotland national amateur football team in addition to two he had collected while at Bromley.[6]
Athletics
Locke ran for the London University athletics club and represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team[7] at the 1958 British Empire Games in Cardiff, Wales,[8] participating in one event, the 880 yards race.[9]
References
- ^ Statutory registers – Births – Search results, ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 27 March 2022 (registration required)
- ^ Lesley Locke at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ Queens Park Rangers : 1946/47 – 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 27 March 2022
- ^ Remembering Leslie Locke, Independent Rs, 18 June 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2022
- ^ Hodson, Harry (20 September 1959), "Scrambled legs", The Sunday Times
- ^ McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George. "FORGOTTEN GLORIES – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). pp. 9–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Scots athletes for Cardiff". The Scotsman. 23 June 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 2 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
