Tony Leach

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Tony Leach
Personal information
Full name Thomas Leach
Date of birth (1903-09-23)23 September 1903
Place of birth Rotherham, England
Date of death 1970 (aged 66–67)
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1934 Sheffield Wednesday 238 (11)
1934–1936 Newcastle United 51 (2)
Total 289 (13)
International career
1930 England 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas "Tony" Leach (23 September 1903 – 1970) was an English international footballer, who played as a centre half.

Career

Born in Rotherham, Leach played professionally for Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle United, and earned two caps for England in 1930. He played in Sheffield Wednesday's 2–1 defeat by Arsenal in the Charity Shield at Stamford Bridge in October 1930.

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Sheffield Wednesday Archive.
  2. ^ "Profile". toon1892.
  3. ^ "Tony Leach". Englandstats.com.
  4. ^ "Fortune smiles on the Arsenal". Sheffield Independent. 8 October 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 22 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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