Jack Lee (footballer, born 1920)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Lee[1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 November 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Sileby, England | ||
Date of death | 12 January 1995 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Rugby, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1940 | Quorn Methodists | ||
1940–1950 | Leicester City | 123 | (74) |
1950–1954 | Derby County | 93 | (54) |
1954–1955 | Coventry City | 15 | (8) |
Total | 231 | (136) | |
International career | |||
1950 | England | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Lee (4 November 1920 – 12 January 1995)[1] was an English footballer who played as a forward. He scored 136 goals from 231 appearances in the Football League playing for Leicester City, Derby County and Coventry City,[2] and was capped once by England.[3] Lee was born in Sileby, Leicestershire and died in Rugby, Warwickshire, and also played first-class cricket for Leicestershire.[1]
Lee began his professional career with Leicester City, moving to Derby County in 1950.[2] He won his only England cap that same year when he played and scored in their 4–1 win over Northern Ireland at Windsor Park.[3] He finished his career in 1955 at Coventry City.[2]
At cricket, Lee was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire, in 1947, against Glamorgan. Lee scored 3 runs in the first innings and a duck in the second, and took 1/13 from four overs.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Jack Lee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ a b c "Jack Lee". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Jack Lee". England F.C. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- 1920 births
- 1995 deaths
- People from Sileby
- Footballers from Leicestershire
- English cricketers
- Leicestershire cricketers
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- England men's international footballers
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Quorn F.C. players
- English football forward, 1920s birth stubs