Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Patrick Lorimer | ||
Date of birth | 14 December 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 20 March 2021 | (aged 74)||
Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1962–1966 | Leeds United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1979 | Leeds United | 450 | (151) |
1971 | → Cape Town City (loan) | 6 | (8) |
1979 | Toronto Blizzard | 29 | (9) |
1979–1980 | York City | 29 | (8) |
1980 | Toronto Blizzard | 18 | (2) |
1981–1983 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 80 | (22) |
1983 | → UCD (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1983–1985 | Leeds United | 76 | (17) |
1985–1986 | Whitby Town | ||
1986 | Hapoel Haifa | ||
Total | 691 | (217) | |
National team | |||
1963 | Scotland Amateur | 7 | (7) |
1969–1976 | Scotland | 21 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Peter Patrick Lorimer (14 December 1946 – 20 March 2021) was a Scottish footballer. He played for Leeds United making over 500 appearances between 1962 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1985. He also appeared 21 times for Scotland from 1969 to 1976. He was an attacking midfielder.[2]
On 26 February 2021, it was announced that Lorimer was put under hospice care because of a long illness.[3][4] He died a month later on 20 March 2021, aged 74.[5]