16 Facts About Peter Lorimer

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Peter Patrick Lorimer was a Scottish professional footballer, best known for his time with Leeds United and Scotland during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Peter Lorimer was voted Leeds' ninth greatest player ever and on to the greatest Leeds United team of all time.

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Lorimer was born in Dundee to Janet and Peter Lorimer and was brought up in Broughty Ferry on the edge of the city.

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Peter Lorimer attended Eastern Primary School and later Stobswell Secondary School, where he played for the school's football team.

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Peter Lorimer 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.

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In summer 1971, Peter Lorimer had a short spell on loan at Cape Town City in South Africa.

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Peter Lorimer left the club in 1979, having scored 219 goals in 616 appearances.

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Peter Lorimer played for York City and then tried his luck in the North American Soccer League.

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Peter Lorimer played for two clubs: the Toronto Blizzard and the Vancouver Whitecaps.

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Peter Lorimer returned to Leeds United in 1983, aged 37, two seasons after Leeds had fallen into the Football League Second Division.

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However, Leeds were still a Second Division team when Peter Lorimer played his final game for them and it would be another four years before they returned to the First Division.

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Peter Lorimer made his international debut for Scotland against Austria in November 1969.

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Peter Lorimer won 21 caps for Scotland and scored four goals, having played in all three of their matches at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

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Peter Lorimer worked as a pundit at games for BBC Radio Leeds and as a columnist for the local paper, the Yorkshire Evening Post.

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Peter Lorimer wrote a column in the club's match programme and acted as a summariser for Yorkshire Radio on every Leeds away match.

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On 26 February 2021, it was announced that Peter Lorimer had been placed under hospice care due to a long-term illness.