A Brief History of Chelsea: Remembering Les Stubbs (1929-2011)

This week eChelseaFC remembers Les Stubbs a member of the clubs first ever Championship winning side who died in February this year.

The Essex born centre forward was signed from Chelsea by Ted Drake in 1952 and spent six years at the club making 123 appearances and scoring 34 goals.

Described by the club as aggressive, direct knowing where the goal was he wrote his name into the history books as part of the 1954/1955 Chelsea side that won the Championship.

The 1954/1955 season saw Wolverhampton Wanderers the main rivals to Chelsea’s title ambitions and it was in a fixture against this club that Stubbs scored the most important of his thirty four Chelsea goals.

In the game at Molineux, Stubbs scored a late equaliser which set up Roy Bentley to go on and score an injury time winner in a thrilling 4-3 victory.

Although not the most famous name in the side and often behind Sean O’Connell and Roy Bentley in the pecking order he played an important role in the club’s first success.

After this season he had intermittent success in holding down a regular place in the side and was eventually sold back to Southend.

Thanks for your contribution to the club Les.