Daniel Le Roux

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Daniel Le Roux
Personal information
Full name Daniel Leow Le Roux [1]
Date of birth(1933-11-25)25 November 1933 [1]
Place of birth Port Shepstone, South Africa
Date of death August 2016 (aged 82)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1950 Berea
1951–1956 Queen's Park (Durban)
1957–1958 Arsenal 5 (0)
1959–1961 Durban City ? (?)
1962–1965 Durban United ? (?)
1966 Addington ? (?)
1967–1968 Durban City ? (?)
1970 Maritzburg ? (?)
International career
1954–1955 South Africa 6 [2] (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Leow Le Roux (25 November 1933 - August 2016) was a South African former footballer who played as a winger. [3]

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Pre-football career

He was born in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal. He was a bank clerk before he took up football. [4]

Career

Le Roux played for Queen's Park in his native South Africa before signing for English First Division team Arsenal in February 1957. [1] He made five Football League appearances in the 1957–58 season before returning to South Africa to play for Durban City. [5]

Arsenal

He made his debut on 7 December 1957 in a 2-1 loss to Burnley where he played as an outside right. His teammate Jim Standen was also a debutant. [6]

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  2. "South Africa - International Appearances". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. "Death of 'Dashing Danny' Le Roux". Rising Sun Mid South Coast. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. "Dan Le Roux". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  5. "Arsenal : 1946/47 - 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  6. "Burnley v Arsenal, 07 December 1957 - 11v11 match report". 11v11.com. 7 December 1957. Retrieved 22 November 2013.