Leonard Wilkinson

Wilkinson attended Oxford University and played as a goalkeeper for their football team, also gaining a Blue for athletics. He also played at club level for Corinthian and Old Carthusians. With Old Carthusians he won the FA Amateur Cup in 1893–94 and 1896–97, and was a runner-up in 1894–95. He earned one cap for England at international level, appearing for them at the 1891 British Championship against Wales.

Wilkinson was a barrister and served as a Justice of the Peace. He also served as a director of gas companies.

Leonard Rodwell Wilkinson was born on 15 October 1868 in Highgate, Middlesex. He was the second of four children and his father was a barrister. Wilkinson attended Woodcote House School and Charterhouse School.

Wilkinson married in October 1898 and had two sons.