RIP | Les Dyl : Sun May 22, 2022 4:03 pm  

RIP. Left centre in the team I grew up watching. Great player, great man. https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... ts-3704128

RIP. Left centre in the team I grew up watching. Great player, great man. https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... ts-3704128

Re: Les Dyl : Sun May 22, 2022 4:21 pm  

Clearwing wrote: RIP. Left centre in the team I grew up watching. Great player, great man. https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... ts-3704128 Only 69! Watched him from 79 onwards. Probably never in his prime but still loads of class. Let's hope the likes of Newman can achieve what he did both in a Leeds and England/GB shirt.

Clearwing wrote: RIP. Left centre in the team I grew up watching. Great player, great man. https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... ts-3704128 Only 69! Watched him from 79 onwards. Probably never in his prime but still loads of class. Let's hope the likes of Newman can achieve what he did both in a Leeds and England/GB shirt.

Re: Les Dyl : Sun May 22, 2022 5:46 pm  

ArthurClues wrote:

Only 69! Watched him from 79 onwards. Probably never in his prime but still loads of class. Let's hope the likes of Newman can achieve what he did both in a Leeds and England/GB shirt.

Very sad. Fantastic pace when he was young and best centre in the country in the mid 70’s. The most exciting player to watch at his pomp.
RIP Les

Re: Les Dyl : Sun May 22, 2022 9:09 pm  

Cookson , Dyl and Atki down that left side were a dream to watch , so sad only Cooky still with us . Rest in Peace Les and thanks for the memories

Re: Les Dyl : Mon May 23, 2022 9:59 am  

RIP Les. Him and Atky were my favourites. Great pace the pair of them.

Re: Les Dyl : Mon May 23, 2022 1:13 pm  

Very sad to hear. A truly great player I was fortunate enough to see. Absolutely one of my heroes when I was a kid.

Starting to feel old.

Re: Les Dyl : Mon May 23, 2022 3:36 pm  

I remember Les making his first team debut and being amazed by his speed strength and balance, which caused all kinds of problems for the opposition.
One of those rare players who you always expected would do something special when he got the ball.
In that respect I have to class him with the likes of Atky, whose debut was similarly impressive and Rob Burrow.

RIP Les. Such fond memories of a great talent.

Re: Les Dyl : Mon May 23, 2022 4:33 pm  

A truly magic player to watch . Will never forget his partnership with Atky - when they broke the line you knew no one would catch them . They were joy to watch . Along with Syd , my favourite centre of all time . RIP.

Re: RIP | Les Dyl : Tue May 24, 2022 10:33 pm  

Watched him from 73 onwards. Great player. As others have said his partnership with JA was as good as it gets. RIP