Alan Steen
English footballer
Intro | English footballer | |
Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
is | Athlete Football player Association football player | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Death | 26 August 2012 |
Alan Steen (1922 – 26 August 2012) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger, active between 1939 and 1952.
Steen made his debut for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Football League as a 16 year old in March 1939, scoring a goal as Wolves beat Manchester United 3-0. Following the outbreak of World War II, Steen made 19 appearances for Wolves in the Midland Regional League, before joining the RAF; he was shot down in October 1943 and spent the rest of the War at the Stalag IV-B Prisoner of War camp. Upon the resumption of the League in 1946, Steen played for Luton Town, Aldershot, Rochdale and Carlisle United.