Steve Ingle

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|fullname = Stephen Paul Ingle

|birth_date = {{birth date|1946|10|22|df=y}}

|birth_place = Manningham, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|16|1946|10|22|df=y}}

|death_place = South Africa

|height =

|position = Right back

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 = Bradford City

|years1 = 1964–1967

|clubs1 = Bradford City

|caps1 = 90

|goals1 = 15

|years2 = 1967

|clubs2 = Southend United

|caps2 = 15

|goals2 = 3

|years3 = 1967–1972

|clubs3 = Wrexham

|caps3 = 149

|goals3 = 5

|years4 = 1972–1973

|clubs4 = Stockport County

|caps4 = 29

|goals4 = 0

|years5 = 1973

|clubs5 = Southport

|caps5 = 2

|goals5 = 0

|years6 = 1973–1974

|clubs6 = Darlington

|caps6 = 8

|goals6 = 0

|years7 =

|clubs7 = Arcadia Shepherds

|caps7 =

|goals7 =

|totalcaps = 293

|totalgoals = 23

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Stephen Paul Ingle (22 October 1946 – 16 December 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a right back.

Career

Born in the Manningham area of Bradford, Ingle began as an apprentice at hometown club Bradford City, before turning professional in 1964.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18952893.former-bradford-city-full-back-ingle-dies-south-africa/|title=Former Bradford City full back Ingle dies after positive coronavirus test|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=18 December 2020 }} He later played for Southend United, Wrexham, Stockport County, Southport and Darlington, before playing in South Africa with Arcadia Shepherds.{{Hugman|9870|accessdate=17 December 2020}}[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player3/steveingle.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database] With Wrexham he won league promotion in 1970 and was a runner-up in the Welsh Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/rip-steve-ingle|title=RIP | Steve Ingle|date=17 December 2020|website=www.wrexhamafc.co.uk|access-date=19 December 2020|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508194415/https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/rip-steve-ingle|url-status=dead}}

Later life

Ingle remained in South Africa after his playing career ended, living in Pretoria with his wife and three sons, and working as a lift engineer. In 1995 he fell down a lift shaft and was in hospital for six months.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/18951916.tributes-one-kind-former-wrexham-player-steve-ingle/|title='One of a kind' former Wrexham player Steve Ingle dies after positive coronavirus test in South Africa|website=The Leader|date=17 December 2020 }}

He died from COVID-19 on 16 December 2020, at age 74, during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.