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{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1946–2021)}}
{{About|the Scottish footballer|other people}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Peter Lorimer
| image = 
| caption = 
| fullname = Peter Patrick Lorimer
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|12|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dundee]], Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|3|20|1946|12|14|df=y}}
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9+1/2}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Frank |title=News of the World Football Annual 1973–74 |last2=Collins |first2=Patrick |year=1973 |location=London |pages=274 |author-link=Frank Butler (British sportswriter)}}</ref>
| position = [[Attacking midfielder]]
| years1 = 1962–1979
| clubs1 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
| caps1 = 450
| goals1 = 151
| years2 = 1971
| clubs2 = → [[Cape Town City F.C. (NFL)|Cape Town City]] (loan)
| caps2 = 6
| goals2 = 8
| years3 = 1979
| clubs3 = [[Toronto Blizzard (NASL)|Toronto Blizzard]]
| caps3 = 29
| goals3 = 9
| years4 = 1979–1980
| clubs4 = [[York City F.C.|York City]]
| caps4 = 29
| goals4 = 8
| years5 = 1980
| clubs5 = [[Toronto Blizzard (NASL)|Toronto Blizzard]]
| caps5 = 18
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 1981–1983
| clubs6 = [[Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL)|Vancouver Whitecaps]]
| caps6 = 80
| goals6 = 22
| years7 = 1983
| clubs7 = → [[UCD FC|UCD]] (loan)
| caps7 = 3
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1983–1985
| clubs8 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
| caps8 = 76
| goals8 = 17
| years9 = 1985–1986
| clubs9 = [[Whitby Town F.C.|Whitby Town]]
| caps9 =
| goals9 = 
| years10 = 1986
| clubs10 = [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
| caps10 =
| goals10 = 
| totalcaps  = 691
| totalgoals = 217
| nationalyears1 = 1963
| nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national amateur football team|Scotland Amateur]]
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 7
| nationalyears2 = 1969–1976
| nationalteam2 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps2 = 21
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| manageryears1 = 
| managerclubs1 =
}}
'''Peter Patrick Lorimer''' (14 December 1946 – 20 March 2021) was a Scottish professional [[association football|footballer]] who mainly played for [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] and [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] during the late 1960s and early 1970s. An [[attacking midfielder]] and the club's youngest-ever player, he was renowned for his very powerful shots from distance. From 1984 to 1985 he was club captain. Lorimer is the club record scorer with 238 goals in all competitions. He was voted Leeds' [[List of Leeds United F.C. players#Leeds United's 100 greatest players|ninth greatest player ever]] and on to the greatest Leeds United team of all time.

After retiring as a player, Lorimer became a member of the Leeds board of directors, provided match commentary on BBC Radio Leeds and [[Yorkshire Radio]] and wrote a regular column in the ''[[Yorkshire Evening Post]]''. From April 2013 he held the position of club ambassador.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2013 |title=Leeds United legend Lorimer appointed club ambassador |url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/leeds-united-legend-lorimer-appointed-club-ambassador-1-5622652 |website=[[Yorkshire Evening Post]] |access-date=13 March 2014 |archive-date=13 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313110047/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/leeds-united-legend-lorimer-appointed-club-ambassador-1-5622652 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early life==
Lorimer was born in [[Dundee]]<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web |last=Rayner |first=Stuart |date=20 March 2021 |title=Peter Lorimer, Leeds United's record goalscorer, has died |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/peter-lorimer-leeds-uniteds-record-goalscorer-has-died-3172755 |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=[[The Yorkshire Post]]}}</ref> to Janet and Peter Lorimer and was brought up in [[Broughty Ferry]] on the edge of the city.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mason |first=Peter |date=20 March 2021 |title=Peter Lorimer obituary |language=en |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/20/peter-lorimer-obituary |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> He attended Eastern Primary School and later Stobswell Secondary School, where he played for the school's football team.<ref name="courier">{{Cite news |last=Strachan |first=Graeme |date=20 March 2021 |title=Peter Lorimer: The Dundee boy who overcame homesickness to become a Leeds legend |language=en-GB |work=The Courier |location=Dundee |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/nostalgia/2058592/peter-lorimer-the-dundee-boy-who-overcame-homesickness-to-become-a-leeds-legend/ |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=John |date=6 June 2020 |title=BLETHER: Dundee Primary Schools Select, plea from Down Under to find boxing pal and World Cup winners who played on Dundee Violet's pitch |url=https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/blether-with-brown-dundee-primary-schools-violet-world-cup-winners/ |access-date=20 March 2021 |newspaper=Evening Telegraph}}</ref>

==Club career==
===Leeds United===
After playing junior football in Dundee for Stobswell Boys and Broughty YMCA, Lorimer signed for [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] in May 1962 after scoring for the Scotland Schoolboys team in a 4–2 win over England.<ref name="courier" /><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |last=Mewis |first=Joe |date=20 March 2021 |title=Leeds United legend Peter Lorimer has died, aged 74 |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/breaking-peter-lorimer-dies-leeds-20219722 |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=LeedsLive}}</ref> He made his Leeds debut on 29 September 1962 against [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]], aged 15 years and 289 days, becoming the youngest player to play for the first team.<ref name="auto1" /><ref name="auto3" />

Lorimer came to regular prominence in the [[1965–66 in English football|1965–66]] season, making 34 [[Football League First Division|League Championship]] appearances and scoring 19 goals, more than any other player at Leeds United managed that season. A skilful and industrious player who operated best in a drifting position either wide on the right (though not as an orthodox winger&nbsp;– he was more likely to cut in and shoot than stay wide and cross) or behind two main strikers (usually [[Allan Clarke (footballer)|Allan Clarke]] and [[Mick Jones (footballer, born 1945)|Mick Jones]]), Lorimer was a frequent and often spectacular goalscorer, earning himself several nicknames stemming from his powerful shooting&nbsp;– ''HotShot'' and ''Lash'' being two of the more prevalent.<ref name="BBCOBIT">{{Cite news |date=20 March 2021 |title=Peter Lorimer: Leeds United's record goalscorer dies aged 74 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56234156 |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> He became renowned for these strikes, with his shots reaching speeds of up to 90&nbsp;mph.<ref name="GUOBIT">{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Louise |date=20 March 2021 |title=Peter Lorimer: a Leeds legend who had dynamite in his boots |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/20/peter-lorimer-a-leeds-legend-who-had-dynamite-in-his-boots |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> One penalty kick was recorded at 107&nbsp;mph.<ref name="Amz1">{{Cite book |last1=Lorimer |first1=Peter |title=Peter Lorimer: Leeds and Scotland hero |last2=Rostron |first2=Phil |date=9 September 2002 |publisher=Mainstream |isbn=1-84018-612-7 |location=Edinburgh |oclc=51194080}}</ref>

In the [[1966–67 in English football|1966–67]] season, Lorimer made his first major headlines when a free-kick equaliser against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] in an [[FA Cup]] semi-final was controversially ruled out by referee [[Ken Burns (referee)|Ken Burns]] and retaken, for the Chelsea players had not retreated the necessary 10 yards. Chelsea held on to win the game.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |author-link=Phil McNulty |date=20 March 2021 |title=Peter Lorimer obituary: An 'explosive and influential member of the greatest Leeds side in history' |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56353103 |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> In the [[1975 European Cup Final]], Lorimer scored to give Leeds a 1–0 lead, only for the goal to be controversially disallowed by referee [[Michel Kitabdjian]], with Leeds going on to lose the game.<ref name="BBCOBIT" /> In summer 1971, Lorimer had a short spell on loan at [[Cape Town City F.C. (NFL)|Cape Town City]] in South Africa.<ref name="LUOBIT" /> Lorimer left the club in 1979, having scored 219 goals in 616 appearances.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2021 |title=RIP Peter Lorimer |url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/27888/rip-peter-lorimer |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=leedsunited.com |publisher=Leeds United F.C.}}</ref> During this time he had won two League titles, an [[FA Cup]], a [[EFL Cup|League Cup]], a [[FA Community Shield|Charity Shield]], and two [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]s.<ref name="LUOBIT" /><ref name="EFL">{{Cite web |date=20 March 2021 |title=Peter Lorimer 1946–2021 |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2021/march/peter-lorimer-1946-2021/ |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=efl.com |publisher=English Football League}}</ref>

===Later career===
He played for [[York City F.C.|York City]] and then tried his luck in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]] (NASL). Lorimer played for two clubs: the [[Toronto Blizzard (NASL)|Toronto Blizzard]] (1979–1980) and the [[Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL)|Vancouver Whitecaps]] (1981–83). In January 1983 he signed for [[University College Dublin A.F.C.|University College Dublin]].<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1983/0117/Pg003.html#Ar00309| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023113537/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1983/0117/Pg003.html| archive-date = 2012-10-23| title = The Irish Times - Monday, January 17, 1983 - Page 003| newspaper = [[The Irish Times]]}} </ref>

Lorimer returned to Leeds United in 1983, aged 37, two seasons after Leeds had fallen into the [[Football League Second Division]].<ref name="BBCOBIT" /> He played under former team-mate [[Eddie Gray (footballer, born 1948)|Eddie Gray]] (more than a year his junior) and broke the club's goalscoring record in the process, ending up with 238 goals from 705 appearances until retiring just before his 40th birthday at the end of the [[1985-86 in English football|1985–86]] season.<ref name="BBCOBIT" /> However, Leeds were still a Second Division team when Lorimer played his final game for them and it would be another four years before they returned to the First Division.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Football photographic encyclopedia, footballer, world cup, champions league, football championship, olympic games & hero images by sporting-heroes.net |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/ |website=www.sporting-heroes.net}}</ref>

==International career==
Lorimer made his international debut for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] against [[Austria national football team|Austria]] in November 1969.<ref name="auto2" /> He won 21 caps for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and scored four goals, having played in all three of their matches at the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Smyth |first=Graham |date=20 March 2021 |title=Peter Lorimer obituary: Leeds United's record scorer with one of hardest shots in football who won it all |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/peter-lorimer-obituary-leeds-uniteds-record-scorer-with-one-of-hardest-shots-in-football-who-won-it-all-3172768 |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=Yorkshire Evening Post}}</ref><ref name="BBCOBIT" /> His Scotland career was, however, affected by a ban imposed on him in 1971 after he spent a summer playing for [[Cape Town City F.C. (NFL)|Cape Town City]] in apartheid-era South Africa.<ref name="GUOBIT" />

==After playing==
In his retirement Lorimer ran the Commercial Inn pub in the [[Holbeck]] area of the city.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 January 2019 |title=Leeds United legend Don Revie showed his eye for detail long before Marcelo Bielsa |work=The Yorkshire Post |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united-legend-don-revie-showed-his-eye-detail-long-marcelo-bielsa-153424 |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> Lorimer remained a dedicated spokesman for Leeds United after retirement&nbsp;– he was always one of the first ex-players to whom broadcasters and journalists turned when the club was in the news.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 March 2021 |title=Peter Lorimer: Leeds United's all-time record goalscorer dies aged 74 following a long-term illness |publisher=Eurosport |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/premier-league/2020-2021/peter-lorimer-leeds-all-time-record-goalscorer-passes-away-aged-74-following-a-long-term-illness_sto8184460/story.shtml |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> He worked as a pundit at games for [[BBC Radio Leeds]] and as a columnist for the local paper, the ''[[Yorkshire Evening Post]]''.<ref name="BBCOBIT" /> He wrote a column in the club's match programme (his final one being the match against Aston Villa on 27 February 2021) and acted as a summariser for Yorkshire Radio on every Leeds away match.<ref name="BBCOBIT" />

On 26 February 2021, it was announced that Lorimer had been placed under [[hospice care]] due to a long-term illness.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2021 |title=Leeds United's record goalscorer Peter Lorimer in hospice as he battles illness |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4223181/2021/02/26/leeds-uniteds-record-goalscorer-peter-lorimer-in-hospice-as-he-battles-illness/ |access-date=27 February 2021 |publisher=The Athletic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Doyle |first=Tom |date=27 February 2021 |title=Peter Lorimer: Leeds United legend receiving hospice care due to long-term illness |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/peter-lorimer-leeds-united-legend-hospice-care-long-term-illness-b921439.html |access-date=26 February 2021 |website=Evening Standard}}</ref> He died on 20 March 2021, aged 74.<ref name="BBCOBIT" />

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="breedon">{{Cite book |last1=Jarred |first1=Martin |title=Leeds United: a complete record, 1919–1986 |last2=MacDonald |first2=Malcolm |publisher=Breedon Books Sport |year=1986 |isbn=0-907969-17-8 |location=Derby |pages=332 |oclc=20934819}}</ref><ref name="nft">{{NFT player|20275|access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lorimer: Peter Patrick |url=http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/L/LorimerPP.php |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=www.ozwhitelufc.net.au}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|FA Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental{{Efn|Includes matches in [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]], [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]], and [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] competitions.}}
!colspan="2"|Other{{Efn|Includes matches in [[FA Charity Shield]] and [[Full Members' Cup]] competitions.}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Definitive History of Leeds United - Matches - 2 August 1969 - Leeds United 2 Man City 1 |url=http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/matches/19690802.htm |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=www.mightyleeds.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Definitive History of Leeds United - Matches - 10 August 1974 - Liverpool 1 Leeds United 1 |url=http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/matches/19740810.htm |access-date=2 March 2021 |website=www.mightyleeds.co.uk}}</ref>
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="18"|[[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
|[[1962–63 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1962–63]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[1963–64 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1963–64]]
|Second Division
|0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|[[1964–65 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1964–65]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[1965–66 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1965–66]]
|First Division
|34||13||2||3||0||0||9||3||colspan="2"|—||45||19
|-
|[[1966–67 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1966–67]]
|First Division
|29||9||6||2||2||2||5||1||colspan="2"|—||42||14
|-
|[[1967–68 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1967–68]]
|First Division
|37||16||5||2||6||4||12||8||colspan="2"|—||60||30
|-
|[[1968–69 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1968–69]]
|First Division
|29||9||2||1||3||0||7||3||colspan="2"|—||41||13
|-
|[[1969–70 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1969–70]]
|First Division
|39||14||8||2||3||0||7||3||1||0||58||19
|-
|[[1970–71 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1970–71]]
|First Division
|38||12||4||2||1||0||10||5||colspan="2"|—||53||19
|-
|[[1971–72 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1971–72]]
|First Division
|42||23||7||3||4||2||2||1||colspan="2"|—||55||29
|-
|[[1972–73 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1972–73]]
|First Division
|41||15||8||3||5||3||9||2||colspan="2"|—||63||23
|-
|[[1973–74 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1973–74]]
|First Division
|37||12||5||2||0||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||47||14
|-
|[[1974–75 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1974–75]]
|First Division
|36||9||4||0||5||3||8||4||1||0||53||16
|-
|[[1975–76 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1975–76]]
|First Division
|29||10||2||0||2||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||11
|-
|[[1976–77 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1976–77]]
|First Division
|26||3||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||3
|-
|[[1977–78 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1977–78]]
|First Division
|28||6||0||0||4||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||9
|-
|[[1978–79 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1978–79]]
|First Division
|3||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!450!!151!!55!!20!!37!!18!!74!!30!!2!!0!!618!!219
|-
|[[Cape Town City F.C. (NFL)|Cape Town City]] (loan)
|[[1971 National Football League (South Africa)|1971]]
|[[National Football League (South Africa)|National Football League]]
|6||8||||||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||8
|-
|[[Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984)|Toronto Blizzard]]
|[[1979 North American Soccer League season|1979]]
|[[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]]
|29||9||||||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||9
|-
|[[York City F.C.|York City]]
|[[1979–80 York City F.C. season|1979–80]]
|[[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]]
|29||8||||||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||8
|-
|Toronto Blizzard
|[[1980 North American Soccer League season|1980]]
|North American Soccer League
|18||2||||||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||2
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–1984)|Vancouver Whitecaps]]
|[[1981 North American Soccer League season|1981]]
|North American Soccer League
|27||8||||||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||8
|-
|[[1982 North American Soccer League season|1982]]
|North American Soccer League
|28||10||||||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||10
|-
|[[1983 North American Soccer League season|1983]]
|North American Soccer League
|25||4||||||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!80!!22!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!80!!22
|-
|[[University College Dublin A.F.C.|University College Dublin]] (loan)
|[[1982–83 League of Ireland|1982–83]]
|[[League of Ireland]]
|3||0||||||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
|[[1983–84 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1983–84]]
|Second Division
|22||4||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||4
|-
|[[1984–85 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1984–85]]
|Second Division
|40||9||1||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||44||10
|-
|[[1985–86 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1985–86]]
|Second Division
|14||4||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||2||1||18||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!76!!17!!4!!0!!5!!1!!0!!0!!2!!1!!80!!22
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!691!!217!!59!!20!!42!!19!!74!!30!!4!!1!!870!!287
|}
{{Notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="nft" /><ref name="sfa">{{Cite web |title=Peter Lorimer |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113802 |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=scottishfa.co.uk |publisher=Scottish Football Association}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
|1969||1||0
|-
|1971||2||0
|-
|1972||5||3
|-
|1973||3||0
|-
|1974||7||1
|-
|1975||3||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!21!!4
|}

:''Scores and results list Scotland goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Scotland goal''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Peter Lorimer<ref name="sfa" /><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Alan |last2=Tossani |first2=Gabriele |title=Scotland&nbsp;– International Matches 1971–1975 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-intres1975.html |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=[[RSSSF]] |publisher=Rec.Sports.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{dts|20 May 1972}}
|[[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]], Scotland
|{{fb|NIR}}
|align="center"|2–0
|align="center"|2–0
|[[1971–72 British Home Championship]]
|-
|align="center"|2
|{{dts|24 May 1972}}
|Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
|{{fb|WAL}}
|align="center"|1–0
|align="center"|1–0
|1971–72 British Home Championship
|-
|align="center"|3
|{{dts|15 November 1972}}
|Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
|{{fb|DEN}}
|align="center"|2–0
|align="center"|2–0
|[[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|align="center"|4
|{{dts|14 June 1974}}
|[[Westfalenstadion]], [[Dortmund]], Germany
|{{fb|ZAI}}
|align="center"|1–0
|align="center"|2–0
|[[1974 FIFA World Cup]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Leeds United'''<ref name="BBCOBIT" /><ref name="EFL" />
*[[Football League First Division]]: [[1968–69 Football League First Division|1968–69]], [[1973–74 Football League First Division|1973–74]]<ref name="LUOBIT">{{Cite web |title=Peter Lorimer: a career in words |url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/27889/peter-lorimer-a-career-in-words |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=Leeds United FC|date=20 March 2021 }}</ref>
*[[FA Cup]]: [[1971–72 FA Cup|1971–72]]; runner-up: [[1969–70 FA Cup|1969–70]], [[1972–73 FA Cup|1972–73]]<ref name="LUOBIT" />
*[[Football League Cup]]: [[1967–68 Football League Cup|1967–68]]<ref name="LUOBIT" />
*[[FA Charity Shield]]: [[1969 FA Charity Shield|1969]]<ref name="LUOBIT" />
*[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]: [[1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1967–68]], [[1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1970–71]]; runner-up: [[1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1966–67]]<ref name="LUOBIT" />
*[[European Cup]] runner-up: [[1974–75 European Cup|1974–75]]<ref name="LUOBIT" />
*[[European Cup Winners' Cup]] runner-up: [[1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup|1972–73]]<ref name="LUOBIT" />

'''Individual'''
*[[List of Leeds United F.C. players|Leeds United Player of the Year]]: 1971–72<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mewis |first=Joe |date=29 April 2019 |title=Every Leeds United Player of the Season winner since award was first handed out in 1970 |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-player-season-awards-14539982 |access-date=4 November 2020 |website=Leeds Live}}</ref>
*''Rothmans Golden Boots Awards'': 1973<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/1969-70-british-team-of-the-season.1794502/ |website=BigSoccer |date=31 July 2011 |title=1969-1970 British Team of the Season |access-date=17 April 2024 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{Soccerbase}}
*{{SFA profile}}

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