Peter Leigh
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-03-04)4 March 1939
Place of birth Manchester, England
Date of death 11 February 2024(2024-02-11) (aged 84)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1960 Manchester City 2 (0)
1960–1972 Crewe Alexandra 432 (3)
Total 434 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Leigh (4 March 1939 – 11 February 2024) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender for Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra.[1]

Leigh made his Crewe debut at Barrow on 19 August 1961,[2] and scored his first Crewe goal on the opening day of the 1967–68 season, in a 1–1 draw against Chesterfield F.C. at Gresty Road on 19 August 1967.[2] He went on to set a record for the most first-team appearances for Crewe (473), surpassing his contemporary Eric Barnes (352), only to then himself be surpassed by his defender team-mate Tommy Lowry in 1977.

Leigh died on 11 February 2024, at the age of 84.[3]

Honours

Crewe Alexandra

References

  1. ^ "Stats". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b Crisp, Marco (1998). Crewe Alexandra Match by Match (2nd ed.). Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-81-1.
  3. ^ "Footballer who played for Man City and Crewe remembered". messengernewspapers.co.uk. 12 March 2024.
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