Peter Leigh

{{Short description|English footballer (1939–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Peter Leigh

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|03|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Manchester, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|02|11|1939|03|04|df=y}}

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| position = Defender

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| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1959–1960

| clubs1 = Manchester City

| caps1 = 2

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1960–1972

| clubs2 = Crewe Alexandra

| caps2 = 432

| goals2 = 3

| totalcaps = 434

| totalgoals = 3

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Peter Leigh (4 March 1939 – 11 February 2024) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender for Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra.{{cite web|title=Stats|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player8/peterleigh.html|work=neilbrown.newcastlefans.com|accessdate=23 February 2014}}

Leigh made his Crewe debut at Barrow on 19 August 1961,{{cite book|last1=Crisp|first1=Marco|title=Crewe Alexandra Match by Match|date=1998|publisher=Tony Brown|location=Nottingham|isbn=1-899468-81-1|edition=2nd}} and scored his first Crewe goal on the opening day of the 1967–68 season, in a 1–1 draw against Chesterfield F.C. at Gresty Road on 19 August 1967. He went on to set a record for the most first-team appearances for Crewe (473), surpassing his contemporary Eric Barnes (352), only to then himself be surpassed by his defender team-mate Tommy Lowry in 1977.

Leigh died on 11 February 2024, at the age of 84.{{cite news|title=Footballer who played for Man City and Crewe remembered |url=https://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/24177247.footballer-played-man-city-crewe-remembered/ |website=messengernewspapers.co.uk |date=12 March 2024}}