Peter Lorimer

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Peter Patrick Lorimer (14 December 1946 – 20 March 2021) was a Scottish professional footballer who mainly played for Leeds United and 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' 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.[1]

Early life

Lorimer was born in Dundee[2] to Janet and Peter Lorimer and was brought up in Broughty Ferry on the edge of the city.[3] He attended Eastern Primary School and later Stobswell Secondary School, where he played for the school's football team.[4][5]

Club career

Leeds United

After playing junior football in Dundee for Stobswell Boys and Broughty YMCA, Lorimer signed for Leeds United in May 1962 after scoring for the Scotland Schoolboys team in a 4–2 win over England.[4][6] He made his Leeds debut on 29 September 1962 against Southampton, aged 15 years and 289 days, becoming the youngest player to play for the first team.[6][2]

Lorimer came to regular prominence in the 1965–66 season, making 34 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 – he was more likely to cut in and shoot than stay wide and cross) or behind two main strikers (usually Allan Clarke and Mick Jones), Lorimer was a frequent and often spectacular goalscorer, earning himself several nicknames stemming from his powerful shooting – HotShot and Lash being two of the more prevalent.[7] He became renowned for these strikes, with his shots reaching speeds of up to 90 mph.[8] One penalty kick was recorded at 107 mph.[9]

In the 1966–67 season, Lorimer made his first major headlines when a free-kick equaliser against Chelsea in an FA Cup semi-final was controversially ruled out by referee Ken Burns and retaken, for the Chelsea players had not retreated the necessary 10 yards. Chelsea held on to win the game.[10] 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.[7] In summer 1971, Lorimer had a short spell on loan at Cape Town City in South Africa.[11] Lorimer left the club in 1979, having scored 219 goals in 616 appearances.[12] During this time he had won two League titles, an FA Cup, a League Cup, a Charity Shield, and two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups.[11][13]

Later career

He played for York City and then tried his luck in the North American Soccer League (NASL). Lorimer played for two clubs: the Toronto Blizzard (1979–1980) and the Vancouver Whitecaps (1981–83). In January 1983 he signed for University College Dublin.[14]

Lorimer returned to Leeds United in 1983, aged 37, two seasons after Leeds had fallen into the Football League Second Division.[7] He played under former team-mate 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 season.[7] 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.[15]

International career

Lorimer made his international debut for Scotland against Austria in November 1969.[10] He won 21 caps for Scotland and scored four goals, having played in all three of their matches at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[16][7] His Scotland career was, however, affected by a ban imposed on him in 1971 after he spent a summer playing for Cape Town City in apartheid-era South Africa.[8]

After playing

In his retirement Lorimer ran the Commercial Inn pub in the Holbeck area of the city.[17] Lorimer remained a dedicated spokesman for Leeds United after retirement – he was always one of the first ex-players to whom broadcasters and journalists turned when the club was in the news.[18] He worked as a pundit at games for BBC Radio Leeds and as a columnist for the local paper, the Yorkshire Evening Post.[7] 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.[7]

On 26 February 2021, it was announced that Lorimer had been placed under hospice care due to a long-term illness.[19][20] He died on 20 March 2021, aged 74.[7]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[21][22][23]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup ContinentalTemplate:Efn OtherTemplate:Efn[24][25] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leeds United 1962–63 Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
1963–64 Second Division 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 0 0
1964–65 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
1965–66 First Division 34 13 2 3 0 0 9 3 — 45 19
1966–67 First Division 29 9 6 2 2 2 5 1 — 42 14
1967–68 First Division 37 16 5 2 6 4 12 8 — 60 30
1968–69 First Division 29 9 2 1 3 0 7 3 — 41 13
1969–70 First Division 39 14 8 2 3 0 7 3 1 0 58 19
1970–71 First Division 38 12 4 2 1 0 10 5 — 53 19
1971–72 First Division 42 23 7 3 4 2 2 1 — 55 29
1972–73 First Division 41 15 8 3 5 3 9 2 — 63 23
1973–74 First Division 37 12 5 2 0 0 5 0 — 47 14
1974–75 First Division 36 9 4 0 5 3 8 4 1 0 53 16
1975–76 First Division 29 10 2 0 2 1 — — 33 11
1976–77 First Division 26 3 2 0 0 0 — — 28 3
1977–78 First Division 28 6 0 0 4 3 — — 32 9
1978–79 First Division 3 0 0 0 1 0 — — 4 0
Total 450 151 55 20 37 18 74 30 2 0 618 219
Cape Town City (loan) 1971 National Football League 6 8 — — 6 8
Toronto Blizzard 1979 North American Soccer League 29 9 — — 29 9
York City 1979–80 Fourth Division 29 8 — — 29 8
Toronto Blizzard 1980 North American Soccer League 18 2 — — 18 2
Vancouver Whitecaps 1981 North American Soccer League 27 8 — — 27 8
1982 North American Soccer League 28 10 — — 28 10
1983 North American Soccer League 25 4 — — 25 4
Total 80 22 80 22
University College Dublin (loan) 1982–83 League of Ireland 3 0 — — 3 0
Leeds United 1983–84 Second Division 22 4 3 0 0 0 — — 25 4
1984–85 Second Division 40 9 1 0 3 1 — — 44 10
1985–86 Second Division 14 4 0 0 2 0 — 2 1 18 5
Total 76 17 4 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 80 22
Career total 691 217 59 20 42 19 74 30 4 1 870 287

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International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[22][26]
National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland 1969 1 0
1971 2 0
1972 5 3
1973 3 0
1974 7 1
1975 3 0
Total 21 4
Scores and results list Scotland goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Scotland goal.
List of international goals scored by Peter Lorimer[26][27]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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2–0 2–0 1971–72 British Home Championship
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1–0 1–0 1971–72 British Home Championship
3 Template:Dts Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland {{ Template:Yesno alias = Denmark flag alias = Flag of Denmark.svg flag alias-state = Flag of Denmark (state).svg border-state = flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg link alias-naval = Royal Danish Navy link alias-army = Royal Danish Army flag alias-army = Flag of Denmark (state).svg link alias-air force = Royal Danish Air Force flag alias-air force = Flag of Denmark (state).svg flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg link alias-navy = Royal Danish Navy border-army = border-air force = border-naval = border-navy = size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

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2–0 2–0 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
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1–0 2–0 1974 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Leeds United[7][13]

Individual

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