Len Badger

[Silent Blade]

My first game was his testimonial. RIP

Standing from left to right (Blades in bold). Tommy Hoyland, Dennis Woodhead, Harry Latham, Ronnie Starling (1935 FA Cup final captain), Johnny Fantham (talking to Quixall), Harold Brook, Mark Hooper, Albert Quixall, Joe Shaw, Harry Johnson, Tommy Sampy, Graham Shaw, Fred White and Colin Addison. Kneeling; Redfern Froggatt, Len Badger, Ken Mallender and Alan Birchenall

 

[Ivanhoe]

Superb player. RIP Len..

 

[Auld Reekie Blade]

Sad, sad news a Blades legend and true gent. RIP

 

[1889]

Terrible news, totally dedicated to Sheffield United, we’ll mot see his like again

RIP

 

[Pedro's Winger]

Sad news. As for many, he was one of those ever present names in a great team we first saw as kids.
RIP Len and thanks for the memories.

 

[Ridgeway Blade]

A true Blades legend and so unlucky not to get a full England cap. Privileged to have seen him play in that great side we had in late 60s, early 70s. Him and Woodward down that right wing was just fantastic with Currie pulling the strings in midfield. R.I.P.

 

[metalblade]

Rest in peace Sir Len.

Took over from Coldwell and made the right back spot his own in the best post war United side. A true great.

 

[Hagansbootlaces]

Old enough and more importantly lucky enough to have seen him play, another of that great side gone RIP.

 

[JOEYDEE]

Another great loss for all Blades ,him and Ted Hemsley were a fabulous pair of full backs.
RIP Len..and thank you x

 

[originaltrueblade]

Len Badger what can I say.
I remember the first league game he played against Leyton Orient a night match I attended with my Dad I remember walking to Bridge Street to catch the bus thinking wow new young players had arrived and the headlines the next day said the same we won 2-0 and it’s a game that always stuck in my mind

well played Len RIP

 

[Russ]

Such a lovely bloke. I'm too young to have seen him play but he often walked past me when matches had finished on the South Stand and I could tell he was a lovely polite man. He told me he was heading to the bar for a drink. Enjoy the bar in the sky you United legend. I like to see his picture on the legends wall in the South Stand. RIP SIR

 

[Stretch]

A true legend, who I wasn't old enough to see play, sadly.

RIP Blade.

 

[foggy72]

Too young to have seen him play but I used to go to the peacock in Barlow a lot as my girlfriend was a barmaid there (probably 1990). Nice bloke who always took time to talk to you. R.I.P. Len.

 

[JJ Sefton]

By way of a tribute:

 

[Sean Thornton]

Very sad news. One of my favourite Blades.

 

[XM657]

Only just read this 'devastated' is an understatement. Lost for words.
Rest in Peace, Len Badger, Blade.

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Nooo! This is so sad.
What a wonderful guy Len was.
A true ambassador for the club.

 

[Sirius]

Standing from left to right (Blades in bold). Tommy Hoyland, Dennis Woodhead, Harry Latham, Ronnie Starling (1935 FA Cup final captain), Johnny Fantham (talking to Quixall), Harold Brook, Mark Hooper, Albert Quixall, Joe Shaw, Harry Johnson, Tommy Sampy, Graham Shaw, Fred White and Colin Addison. Kneeling; Redfern Froggatt, Len Badger, Ken Mallender and Alan Birchenall
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Devastated. Seems almost like yesterday when in my mind I see that wonderful team and fantastic captain. Len. Badger
England may have missed you Len but you were the very best
Rest In Peace Len
Condolences to your loved ones

 

[nopigfansintown]

United's youngest ever captain in a league game (Curtis Woodhouse in the Cup). That says a lot about him. On the terraces as a kid; a hero of the terraces as a young man. A top player and all round good egg. RIP Badge.

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[Weasel]

Rest in peace, to a man who was a wonderful player, great club ambassador and role model, a man who loved SUFC, and most importantly, a lovely caring family man.

Take care Len on your next journey. A true local hero. UTBs

 

[R&WStripedBlood]

RIP Len, it was a privilege to have watched you play.

 

[S64 Blade]

Terrible news. Also too young to have seen him myself, but have of course heard many stories!

Coincidentally, I’m certain I saw walk past my house last week. Not sure if he lived locally, or it was just someone who looked like him. But my immediate thought was, “is that Len Badger?”.

 

[McDonagh Blade]

Terrible news. Also too young to have seen him myself, but have of course heard many stories!

Coincidentally, I’m certain I saw walk past my house last week. Not sure if he lived locally, or it was just someone who looked like him. But my immediate thought was, “is that Len Badger?”.

Watched him play from the late sixties.
Saw him in later years at the Lane usually with Ted and around Dronfield. Always cheerful and approachable. A very good player and man.
RIP Sir Leonard

 

[petcharlie]

So sad another one of a great team who were the best i have seen at the Lane.Used to see Len regular at the Lane on match days until shut down .always willing to chat.The word legend is used a lot for undeserving guys but NOT in this case.So so sad I will always remember you mate God bless you.

 

[GodricBlade]

I’m not old enough to have seen him play & never met him.
Len Badger - it’s one of those names though that is legend around the club. And from reading the moving tribute on the Blades website & the lovely things many people on here have said, it’s easy to understand why.
It’s clear the club meant so much to him & that he meant so much to the club & the fans.
RIP Blade’s Legend

 

[DaveBassettsgoneonholiday]

Really sad news, RIP Len.
Lucky enough to remember seeing him play, and also to hear him and Graham Shaw talk football at his pub in Barlow pre a Chesterfield away game '88/'89 ish.

 

[Kop Cat]

Gutted about that news, loved watching him, we had (in my mind anyway) a great defence with Hemsley, Flynn, Colquhoun and Len, very sad.

 

[Alf Tuppers Shorts]

Gutted!!. Think I’ve just clicked every post with a like. Proof of a legend.
R.I.P Len Badger. Footballer: Blade: Legend.

 

[Gabsblade]

Invented the slide tackle...RIP Len