Albert Leake
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Albert Leake
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Albert George Leake | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Smallthorne, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Place of death | Norton le Moors, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Half-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Moorland Road Youth Club | |||
| RAF | |||
| Stoke City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1950–1961 | Port Vale | 269 | (34) |
| Macclesfield Town | ? | (?) | |
| Goldenhill Y. & A. | ? | (?) | |
| Total | 269+ | (34+) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| Macclesfield Town | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Albert George Leake (17 April 1930 – 24 July 1999) was an English former football half-back.
He spent the entire 1950s with Port Vale, as the club enjoyed an exciting period of their history. After a total of 43 goals in 293 games, Leake left the club in 1961 for non-league Macclesfield Town, a club he later managed. He also played cricket for Staffordshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1955 and 1960. He was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper.[1]
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Playing career
Leake played for Stoke City and the RAF before joining Port Vale from Stoke in February 1950. From December 1952 he was a first team regular and was a part of the 1953–54 Football League Third Division North winning side. He was the scorer of the 1954 FA Cup semi-final goal against West Bromwich Albion in Vale's 2–1 defeat and also had an equalizer disallowed for offside. He was an ever-present in the 1958–1959 season as the club won the Football League Fourth Division title. However he lost his place in April 1960 and was transferred to Macclesfield Town in January 1961.[2]
Management career
Leake became the manager of Macclesfield Town. Upon losing his position he joined Goldenhill Y. & A. as a player. He died at Norton le Moors, Staffordshire on 24 July 1999.
Honours
- Football League Third Division North winner: 1953–54
- Football League Fourth Division winner: 1958–1959
References
- ^ "Player profile: Albert Leake". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/124/124788/124788.html. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 170. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200.
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