Albert Leake
English footballer (1930–1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Albert George Leake (17 April 1930 – 24 July 1999) was an English footballer who played as a half-back.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert George Leake[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1930-04-17)17 April 1930[1] | ||
Place of birth | Smallthorne, Staffordshire, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 24 July 1999(1999-07-24) (aged 69) | ||
Place of death | Norton le Moors, Staffordshire, England | ||
Position(s) | Half-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Moorland Road Youth Club | |||
RAF | |||
Stoke City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1950–1961 | Port Vale | 269 | (34) |
1961–1967 | Macclesfield Town | 208 | (9) |
Total | 477 | (43) | |
Managerial career | |||
1963–1967 | Macclesfield Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He spent the entire 1950s with Port Vale, as the club enjoyed an exciting period of their history. He helped the "Valiants" to the Third Division North title in 1953–54, and Fourth Division title in 1958–59. After a total of 43 goals in 293 league and cup games, he left the club in 1961 for non-League Macclesfield Town, a club he served as manager from 1963 to 1967. He guided the club to a Cheshire County League and Cheshire Senior Cup double in 1963–64.
He also played cricket for Staffordshire in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship between 1955 and 1960. He was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper.[2]