Background
Leese was born in Staffordshire and played non-league football with local sides Smallthorne and Goldenhill Villa, before he was signed up to league club Stoke.
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Harry Leese
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He had a spell with Bradford City, before returning to Stoke in 1909. He scored once in 14 games in the 1911-1912 season, and featured six times in the 1912-1913 campaign before departing the Victoria Ground. He played regular football between September and December 1914, but then left to help his country fight World World War World War II He made two appearances whilst on leave, returning permanently upon his demobilization in April 1919.
He left at the end of the 1918-1919 campaign as he was unable to agree terms with the club, and so was not a part of the club when it gained re-election to the Football League in October 1919.
Instead he joined nearby Crewe Alexandra, and later played for Goldenhill Wanderers. with Stoke.
