Jack Lee | |
Fullname: | John Lee |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1920 |
Birth Place: | Sileby, England |
Death Place: | Rugby, England |
Position: | Forward |
Youthyears1: | – |
Years1: | –1940 |
Years2: | 1940–1950 |
Caps2: | 123 |
Goals2: | 74 |
Years3: | 1950–1954 |
Caps3: | 93 |
Goals3: | 54 |
Years4: | 1954–1955 |
Caps4: | 15 |
Goals4: | 8 |
Totalcaps: | 231 |
Totalgoals: | 136 |
Nationalyears1: | 1950 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
John Lee (4 November 1920 – 12 January 1995) 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,[1] and was capped once by England. Lee was born in Sileby, Leicestershire and died in Rugby, Warwickshire, and also played first-class cricket for Leicestershire.
Lee began his professional career with Leicester City, moving to Derby County in 1950.[1] 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.[2] He finished his career in 1955 at Coventry City.[1]
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.[3]