Tony Lee (footballer, born 1947)

Tony Lee

Personal information
Full name	John Anthony Lee[1]
Date of birth	26 November 1947[1]
Place of birth	Middlesbrough,[1] England
Playing position	Right winger
Youth career
–	Stockton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1965–1967	Leicester City	0	(0)
1967–196?	Bradford City	8	(3)
196?–1968	Stockton
1968–1969	Darlington	14	(1)
1969–1970	South Shields
1970–197?	Hartlepool United	0	(0)
–	Goole Town
Teams managed
1980–1985	Whitby Town
1985–1990	Billingham Synthonia
1990–1991	Gateshead
1994–2001	Bishop Auckland
2001–2003	Spennymoor United
2003–2004	Spennymoor United
2004	Spennymoor United
2005–2006	Newcastle Blue Star
2006–2007	Gateshead
2012–2013	Celtic Nation
2013	Billingham Town
2013	Bishop Auckland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

John Anthony "Tony" Lee (born 26 November 1947) is an English former footballer who played on the right wing in the Football League for Bradford City and Darlington.^[1] He played for Stockton as a youngster,^[2] was on the books of Leicester City and Hartlepool United without appearing in the league for either, and also played non-league football for Stockton, South Shields,^[1] and Goole Town.^[3]

After his playing career ended, he went into management at the non-league level, with clubs including Whitby Town,^[4] Billingham Synthonia,^[5] Gateshead^[6][7][8] (two spells), South Bank, Bishop Auckland^[9][10][11] (two spells), Spennymoor United^[10][12] (three spells), Newcastle Blue Star,^[7] Celtic Nation,^[13] and Billingham Town.^[14]

He also acted as a scout for Darlington when his son Graeme Lee, himself a former league footballer, was their manager.^[15]

References

1. "Tony Lee". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
2. Dale, D. & Livingstone, P. "Giants of the amateur game: Stockton Football Club". This is the North East Communigate. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009.
3. Simpson, Ray (1 September 2013). "Crook shrug off status gap in FA Cup giantkilling". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
4. "Whitby Town". The Non-League Club Directory. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
5. "Home Front: Synners' future looks bright". The Northern Echo. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
6. Newman, Paul (5 October 1990). "Gateshead's new road". The Independent.
   Gammie, Walter (5 November 1993). "Pitch too small poses problem for Peppard". The Times. Tommy Cassidy, the former Northern Ireland midfield player, yesterday resigned as manager of Gateshead, the GM Vauxhall Conference club. He had been in charge for two years.
7. "Tony Lee gets Gateshead job". Gateshead F.C. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
8. "Club statement – Tony Lee departs". Gateshead F.C. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
9. "Bishop Auckland". The Non-League Club Directory. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
10. "Keeper is Lee's first new face". The Northern Echo. 29 December 2001. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
11. Simpson, Ray (22 September 2013). "Shock as Lee sacked after defeat against ten man Eccleshill". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
12. "Lee back in charge". The Northern Echo. 4 September 2003. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
    "The UniBond League: Moors begin manager search". The Northern Echo. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
    "Honour comes out fighting after Bishops tipped for the drop". The Northern Echo. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
    "UniBond League: Clark quits after Moors' thrashing". The Northern Echo. 26 March 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
13. "Celtic Nation get off to winning start for new boss". News and Star (Carlisle). 15 October 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
    "Celtic Nation win but ditch manager Tony Lee". News and Star (Carlisle). 29 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
14. "History of the club". Billingham Town F.C. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
15. "Darlington told to be ready for a scrap". The Northern Echo. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2016.