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Peter Lorimer RIP

clive
clive Posts: 19,443
edited March 2021 in Other Football and Sports

Leeds United's all-time record goalscorer Peter Lorimer has died aged 74, the club have announced.

The former Scotland international scored 238 goals in 705 appearances for Leeds over two spells spanning 23 years.

He won two league titles, the FA Cup and League Cup with Leeds under legendary manager Don Revie.

Leeds announced "with great sadness" that Lorimer had died on Saturday morning "following a long-term illness.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56234156

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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    RIP talented player
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    Very sad. Part of a very good Leeds side.RIP
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,835
    ‘The hardest shot in football ‘

    RIP
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    Reckoned to have had the hardest shot in the game at that time

    RIP
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Been a tough year for Leeds greats. RIP
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,146
    Good player. RIP Peter. 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    MrOneLung said:
    ‘The hardest shot in football ‘

    RIP
    I remember my old man saying that and he played at The Valley in possibly a midweek game when he was pretty old and Leeds were singing their “We are the champions , champions of Europe “ chant 

    RIP
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    RIP Peter, never forget his long range shooting.
    He'd have had a 100% shot/goals record against Ben Amos.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,598
    RIP
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  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    RIP
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    Oh that's sad news. I'm a bit young to have seen him in his prime but caught him in his second spell at Leeds. Great player and loved by them.

    Nice obituary and coverage of his career here.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56353103
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    Gosh he had a shot on him.  RIP
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,593
    RIP, I actually saw him score for Leeds against us at Elland Rd in the early 80’s.
  • stockportaddick
    stockportaddick Posts: 1,130
    Playing football as a kid, when I took a shot I always shouted "and its Lorimer" as I put my laces through it.
    RIP
  • addickson
    addickson Posts: 890
    Oh no, my first football hero. I so wanted to have a hot shot like him but no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t emulate him. RIP Peter
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    edited March 2021
    I never liked Leeds but Lorimer was a football hero with that terrific shot. I too longed for a shot like his, but having said that so did most professional footballers. R.I.P.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,215
    RIP
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    RIP Peter
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    Sad news, a footballer I always liked watching.
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  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    RIP to a footballing legend. A true superstar. I remember him scoring the winner against us in a 1-0 game at Elland Road.  He must have been nearly 40 at the time.  It was right at the end of his career.
  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,076
    Covered End said:
    RIP Peter, never forget his long range shooting.
    He'd have had a 100% shot/goals record against Ben Amos.
    Tbf, so would Simon Church.
  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,076
    RIP
  • McCartney
    McCartney Posts: 390
    RIP hot shot Lorimer. Loved the way he clapped his hands above his head when he scored 
  • Fortune 82nd Minute
    Fortune 82nd Minute Posts: 8,336
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Been a tough year for Leeds greats. RIP
    RIP.

    Like them or not, that Leeds team of the late 60s/early 70s was some team and as you say so many of them - Sprake, Madeley, Giles, Charlton, Hunter, Bremner, Cherry - have passed away recently.

    Which makes it even more poignant for those of us of a certain vintage who remember watching them in their prime when we were young men as well. 
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Seriously good footballer.
    RIP Peter.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    Blimey, blast from the past.  RIP 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    Hot Shot Lorimer .. R I P
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 912
    edited March 2021
    Sad year for Leeds,

    RIP
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,141
    Wouldn't like to be in the way of one of his shots. RIP to a true legend.

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