Terry Lee (footballer)
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For the American baseball
player of the same name see Terry Lee
Terence William George 'Terry' Lee (b.20 September 1952 in Stepney
–d.22 June 1996 in Torbay
) was an English
professional footballer
who played for Tottenham Hotspur
, Torquay United
, Newport County and Minehead.
. He started his career as an inside forward
and represented North Island
against South Island
. On his return to the UK
he played for Havering and Mid Essex schools before signing as an apprentice with Tottenham Hotspur in April 1968. The club converted him to a goalkeeper and together with team mates including Steve Perryman
, Ray Evans
and Jimmy Neighbour
lifted the London FA Youth Cup. He signed professional forms in May 1970. Lee was a third string goalie behind Pat Jennings
and Barry Daines
and was limited to one senior appearance against Newcastle United
– a 2-0 win for the Lilies at St James' Park
. In July 1975 he transferred to Torquay United where he featured in 106 matches between 1975–78. Lee signed for Newport County in November 1978, a cartilage
injury restricted him to one senior fixture. He went on to play for Minehead where he ended his football career.
. The keen cricket
er suffered a fatal heart attack
while playing for the Barton Cricket club 2nd XI against Exeter
in Torbay
on 22 June 1996.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
player of the same name see Terry Lee
Terry Lee
For the English footballer of the same name see Terry Lee Terry James Lee is a retired Major League Baseball first baseman. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the Cincinnati Reds. He was signed by the Reds as an amateur free agent in...
Terence William George 'Terry' Lee (b.20 September 1952 in Stepney
Stepney
Stepney is a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London's East End that grew out of a medieval village around St Dunstan's church and the 15th century ribbon development of Mile End Road...
–d.22 June 1996 in Torbay
Torbay
Torbay is an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. Part of the ceremonial county of Devon, Torbay was made a unitary authority on 1 April 1998...
) was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
professional footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
who played for Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
, Torquay United
Torquay United F.C.
Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...
, Newport County and Minehead.
Playing career
Lee emigrated as a child to New ZealandNew Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. He started his career as an inside forward
Inside forward
In football, the position of inside forward was popularly used in the late nineteenth and first half of the 20th centuries. The inside forwards would support the centre forwards, running and making space in the opposition defence, and, as the passing game developed, supporting him with passes...
and represented North Island
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
against South Island
South Island
The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...
. On his return to the UK
United Kingdom
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he played for Havering and Mid Essex schools before signing as an apprentice with Tottenham Hotspur in April 1968. The club converted him to a goalkeeper and together with team mates including Steve Perryman
Steve Perryman
Stephen John "Steve" Perryman MBE is a former English international football player and current manager who is best remembered for his successes with Tottenham Hotspur during the 1970s and early 1980s...
, Ray Evans
Ray Evans (footballer)
Ray Evans is a retired English footballer who played in the position of full back in England and the United States.-Career:...
and Jimmy Neighbour
Jimmy Neighbour
James Edward "Jimmy" Neighbour was a professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City, West Ham United and the Seattle Sounders.- Football career:...
lifted the London FA Youth Cup. He signed professional forms in May 1970. Lee was a third string goalie behind Pat Jennings
Pat Jennings
Patrick Anthony "Pat" Jennings OBE is a Northern Ireland former football player. He played 119 games for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper, a figure which at the time was a world record and is still a Northern Ireland record, in an international career which lasted for over 22 years...
and Barry Daines
Barry Daines
Barry Daines is a former professional footballer. He played in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur and Mansfield Town, and for Bulova and England Youth in the position of goalkeeper....
and was limited to one senior appearance against Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
– a 2-0 win for the Lilies at St James' Park
St James' Park
St James' Park, known for sponsorship reasons as the Sports Direct Arena, is an all-seater stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Newcastle United Football Club and is the sixth largest football stadium in the United Kingdom with a capacity of between 52,387 and 52,409.St James'...
. In July 1975 he transferred to Torquay United where he featured in 106 matches between 1975–78. Lee signed for Newport County in November 1978, a cartilage
Cartilage
Cartilage is a flexible connective tissue found in many areas in the bodies of humans and other animals, including the joints between bones, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the elbow, the knee, the ankle, the bronchial tubes and the intervertebral discs...
injury restricted him to one senior fixture. He went on to play for Minehead where he ended his football career.
Post–football career
At the end of his competitive career, he trained as a chef and settled in DevonDevon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
. The keen cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er suffered a fatal heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
while playing for the Barton Cricket club 2nd XI against Exeter
Exeter
Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...
in Torbay
Torbay
Torbay is an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. Part of the ceremonial county of Devon, Torbay was made a unitary authority on 1 April 1998...
on 22 June 1996.