Peter Leigh

Peter Leigh
Personal information
Date of birth	4 March 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1960	Manchester City
1960–1972	Crewe Alexandra
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

He 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.

Honours

with Crewe Alexandra

Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1967–68

References

^ "Stats". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b Crisp, Marco (1998). Crewe Alexandra Match by Match (2nd ed.). Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-81-1.

[1] "Stats". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[Crisp-2] Crisp, Marco (1998). Crewe Alexandra Match by Match (2nd ed.). Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-81-1.

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