Bob Lee (footballer, born 1953)

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Bob Lee (born 2 February 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played for Sunderland as a forward.

Club career

He began his career with Leicester City in 1971 and made 63 league appearances with 17 goals. [1] While at Leicester he had a short loan spell with Doncaster Rovers from 1974 to 1975 making 14 appearances with four goals. [1] Lee signed for Sunderland in 1976 and made his debut on 2 October 1976 against Everton in a 1–0 defeat at Roker Park. [2] He made 109 league appearances in total, scoring 32 goals. [3]

After playing for Sunderland he signed for Bristol Rovers in 1980 and went on to make 23 appearances, and scoring two goals. [1] After that short stay, he left for Carlisle United, and had a slightly more successful stay, making 55 appearances, scoring 12 goals from 1981 to 1983. [1] His final club was Darlington where he retired in 1984, having made just five appearances without scoring. [1]

Lee later went on to become a pub landlord in the 1990s in one of the villages close to his birthplace, Melton Mowbray.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bob Lee". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "Sunderland 0-1 Everton". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
  3. ↑ "Bob Lee". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
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