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Peter Lorimer
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Scottish footballer, closely associated with the Leeds United football club (1946–2021)
Key facts
- 1963
- Scotland Amateur
- 1971
- → Cape Town City (loan)
- 1979
- Toronto Blizzard
- 1980
- Toronto Blizzard
- 1983
- → UCD (loan)
- 1986
- Hapoel Haifa
- Full name
- Peter Patrick Lorimer
- Date of birth
- ( 1946-12-14 ) 14 December 1946
- Place of birth
- Dundee , Scotland
- Date of death
- 20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) (aged 74)
- Height
- 5 ft 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1.77 m)
- Position
- Attacking midfielder
- Years
- Team
- 1962 1979
- Leeds United
- 1979 1980
- York City
- 1981 1983
- Vancouver Whitecaps
- 1983 1985
- Leeds United
- 1985 1986
- Whitby Town
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Dundee
- Place of death
- Dundee
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 1974 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Scotland men's national football team
- Position played
- wing half
- Country for sport
- Scotland
- Height
- 1.77
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- date of birth
- 1946-12-14
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- date of death
- 2021-03-20
- name in native language
- Peter Lorimer
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Patrick Lorimer (14 December 1946 – 20 March 2021) was a Scottish professional footballer who mainly played for Leeds United and Scotland during the late 1960s and early 1970s. An attacking midfielder and the club's youngest-ever player, he was renowned for his very powerful shots from distance. From 1984 to 1985 he was club captain. Lorimer is the club record scorer with 238 goals in all competitions. He was voted Leeds' ninth greatest player ever and on to the greatest Leeds United team of all time.
After retiring as a player, Lorimer became a member of the Leeds board of directors, provided match commentary on BBC Radio Leeds and Yorkshire Radio and wrote a regular column in the Yorkshire Evening Post. From April 2013 he held the position of club ambassador.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Lorimer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.