Facts: - clubs: sheffield stoke city rhyl athletic port vale forge & rolling mills walkley amateurs wadsley bridge - caps: 3 48 28 194 11 - position: defender / forward - years: 1924 -- 1931 1932 1932 -- 1934 - totalcaps: 284 - youthclubs: sheffield forge & rolling mills walkley amateurs wadsley bridge - fullname: leonard armitage - name: len armitage - totalgoals: 53 - goals: 0 11 21 19 2 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of len armitage .
leonard '' len '' armitage -lrb- 20 october 1899 -- 24 june 1972 -rrb- was an english footballer who could play both in defence and attack .he made a total of 284 league appearances in a 15-year career in the football league .in 1914 , he signed with sheffield wednesday .he moved on to leeds united in august 1920 , before joining wigan borough in 1923 , where he scored a remarkable 21 goals in 23 games .the following year he signed with stoke city , and remained with the club for seven seasons , helping the '' potters '' to the third division north title in 1926 -- 27 .he had a brief spell with rhyl athletic before ending his career in 1934 following a two-year spell with port vale .his grandfather , tom , was a cricketer who played for england in their inaugural test match .