The colour codes of Leicester are diverse, and fun facts are easy to find. The player with the most league appearances for the club is Adam Black, who was Scottish and white. Winston White was the first black player to play in a league game for Leicester. Today Kevon Gray and Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Tom Wilson Brown, are players with names reflecting colours. Over the years the team has featured msny players of various colours.
We will take you back to the days of the seventies to find, Adie Green. He never featured in the first team, but the attacker was part of the squad for a few season in the late seventees. Green later played league football for Aldershot and Rochdale.
Another player with a touch of “green”, was striker Brian Greenhalgh. Greenhald joined Leicester from Aston Villa in February 1969. He left after a short period, to join Huddersfield. A total of four league appearances.
Brown is a commen sirname in Britain, and also Leicester have their players with that colour code. Alistair Brown comes to mind. The Scottish striker played for Leicester from 1968 to 1972, later more known for his contribution at West Bromwich. Graham Brown, Grant Brown, James Brown, Jack Brown, Paul Brown and Thomas Brown are others from the past. The defender Wayne Brown had his time at the club, helping them out of League One the last time Leicester were down at this level. A player that also comes to mind in the current list of players is Tom Wilson-Brown, spending most of last season on loan at Swindon.
Billy Goldie and Michael Golding, not to forget Andy Gold. All players with that colour in their name. Goldie featured in 82 league games for Leicester. A left half playing for “Fosse”, between 1908 to 1911. Golding is a young exciting talent at the club today. Andy Gold was in the Leicester set up in the seventees, playing in the youth and reserve team at the time.
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Kevon Gray was earlier mentioned, and one who also comes to mind in that setting is Demarai Gray. To win the league you need a colour in your squad. Demarai Gray joined from Birmingham and had a solid stay at the club, not really coming to that special level we all thought he would reach. He is back at Birmingham, after a time at different clubs home and abroad. Simon Grayson is also one to look at with a colour in mind.
Adam Black played for Leicester between 1920 and 1935. A career spending fifteen years at this football club. He was part of a successful unit, ending runners-up in the old first division. The 1928-29 season will always be fondly remembered in the clubs special history books. He played 528 league games during his period at the club.
Winston White, the first black coloured player to appear in a Leicester team, going back to the 1976/77 season. White appeared frequently in the Leicester first team, under three different managers, before a move to Hereford happened in March 1979. He had a long life in football last seen in league games with Wigan back in 1993.
Another to mention is Ian White. He was born in Glasgow and played for Celtic before moving to Leicester in 1958. The midfielder remained until 1962, when he joined Southampton. He played 47 league games for Leicester. Harry Whitehead and Andy Whitelaw are other players to mention in this category.
Looking at a colour scheme you will find different and more special names. Hazel Eyes, is a brown colour, so we just add Bob Haze(l)l into the frame. He joined the club in 1983, coming in from Queens Park Rangers. Previously at Wolves. A tall and robust defender, spending a couple of seasons at Leicester before drifting out of the game, struggling with different injuries.
Bobby De Cordova-Reid is also one to mention. Cordova is a burgundy colour. You can also add Heath in here as it is a deep red colour. Matt Heath and Terry Heath are two former Leicester players who played in different decades. Terry in the sixtees, Matt in the start of this century.
To win the Premier League or advance from League One, you need colours. Russell Martin has Tom Wilson-Brown, Kevon Gray, and Bobby De Cordova-Reid to meet that need.
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