SOCCER PLAYER

Francis Lee

1944 - 2023

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Francis Henry Lee (29 April 1944 – 2 October 2023), also known as Franny Lee, was an English professional footballer and businessman. He was also later the chairman and main shareholder of Manchester City, as well as briefly a racehorse trainer and amateur cricket player. A striker, he played for Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Derby County and the England national team. Noted for his speed and determination, he scored more than 200 goals in his career, in which he won League Championship medals with Manchester City and Derby. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Lee is the 402nd most popular soccer player (up from 2,048th in 2019), the 1,187th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,935th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Francis Lee ranks 402 out of 21,273. Before him are Carlos Bilardo, Misao Tamai, Zlatko Čajkovski, György Sárosi, Toshio Miyaji, and Yanosuke Watanabe. After him are Fabien Barthez, Helmut Haller, Sakae Takahashi, Branko Zebec, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Giovanni Ferrari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Francis Lee ranks 132. Before him are Ren Zhengfei, Rexhep Meidani, Salmaan Taseer, Leila Khaled, Seán Patrick O'Malley, and Chico Buarque. After him are Robert Powell, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, Roger Daltrey, Patrice Chéreau, Aguila Saleh Issa, and Chico Mendes. Among people deceased in 2023, Francis Lee ranks 85. Before him are Burt Bacharach, Amancio Amaro, Mircea Snegur, Maryanne Trump Barry, Leiji Matsumoto, and Otar Iosseliani. After him are Ahmed Qurei, Karel Schwarzenberg, John B. Goodenough, Viktor Belenko, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, and Françoise Gilot.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Lee ranks 1,187 out of 8,785. Before him are Benedict Cumberbatch (1976), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Charles George Gordon (1833), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), Francis Walsingham (1532), and Richard J. Roberts (1943). After him are John McAfee (1945), Terry Jones (1942), Kenneth Clarke (1940), William Tyndale (1494), John Mayall (1933), and Roddy McDowall (1928).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Francis Lee ranks 22. Before him are Kenny Dalglish (1951), Kevin Keegan (1951), David James (1970), Harry Kane (1993), Peter Shilton (1949), and Dave Mackay (1934). After him are Ally McCoist (1962), Charles W. Alcock (1842), Erling Braut Håland (2000), John Toshack (1949), Frank Lampard (1948), and Duncan Edwards (1936).

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