fullname youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals height position birth_date article_title name
mark a. leonard witton albion 1981 1986 1986 -- 1992 1992 1992 -- 1993 1993 -- -- 1994 1994 -- 1996 1996 -- 1999 1982 1983 1983 -- 1985 1985 -- 1981 -- 1982 witton alexandra stockport county bradford city rochdale preston north end chester albion city wigan athletic rochdale → tranmere rovers -lrb- loan -rrb- crewe 0 62 7 54 73 157 9 22 32 64 st helens , merseyside , england 0 5 0 15 23 29 1 1 8 12 5 11 striker 27 september 1962 mark leonard -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 mark leonard
mark leonard -lrb- footballer -rrb-

mark leonard -lrb- born 27 september 1962 in st helens , england -rrb- was a professional footballer who was a striker for a number of english league clubs .
leonard started his career with non-league side witton albion in 1981 .
over the next 18 years he played more than 400 league games scoring nearly 100 goals at a number of teams across the north west of england as well as bradford city .
it was at bradford where he spent the longest spell of his career and he was part of the team that nearly earned promotion to the top flight in 1987 -- 88 .
he scored 29 goals in 157 appearances at bradford city .
in 1993 -- 94 , leonard was part of the chester city side that were promoted as runners-up in football league division three , in his only season with the club .
it was the first of three successive clubs he played for under manager graham barrow .
a knee injury at the last of these , rochdale , ended his career .
after 19 years as a professional footballer , leonard took up crown green bowls .
he won the merseyside merit tournament in 2001 .
