Obituary Thread

[DB9]

Peter Lorimer of Leeds and Scotland after a long illness.

RIP

So many of that great Leeds team have passed away in recent years, If there's a league in heaven, Peter Lorimer will be playing and Don Revie will be managing that team, I hope they have strong officials up there. RIP Big man.

 

[grecIAN Harris]

So many of that great Leeds team have passed away in recent years, If there's a league in heaven, Peter Lorimer will be playing and Don Revie will be managing that team, I hope they have strong officials up there. RIP Big man.

In recent years? It seems more like the last 12-18 months.

 

[haka]

If there's a league in heaven, Peter Lorimer will be playing and Don Revie will be managing that team, I hope they have strong officials up there.

I think a game in heaven would be the away leg for Don ... he'd arrange a warm reception at home though.

But Peter Lorimer was a childhood hero for me. Every generation has a player who is synonymous with the powerful shot: it was "doing a Lorimer" for us kids. RIP.

 

[Billy The Fish]

Something else that I find sad in these difficult times is that football fans don't get the opportunity to pay their respects to their heroes in the usual fashion. Ian St John would have had a touching send off from the Liverpool crowd as would Lorimer and big Jack at Elland Road. Such a shame.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Peter Lorimer: a Leeds legend who had dynamite in his boots

Midfielder could strike a ball at more than 100mph and became Leeds’ record scorer after making his debut aged 15

www.theguardian.com

Interesting the mention of Don Revie & his ability to sign young players.Leeds were not one of footballs leading lights in the very early 1960s

 

[Hants_red]

Former Huddersfield, Leicester and Bolton striker Frank Worthington has died at the age of 72.

 

[Tim Long]

Former Huddersfield, Leicester and Bolton striker Frank Worthington has died at the age of 72.

Failed a medical at Liverpool due to, IIRC, high blood pressure cause by a vigorous game of Mr Wobbly hides his helmet the previous night. His official biography was called One Hump Or Two.

 

[elginCity]

Another maverick and character, Frank Worthington. Another dementia sufferer.

 

[Hants_red]

This was a thing of beauty by Frank Worthington

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1374279644074151938

 

[grecIAN Harris]

This was a thing of beauty by Frank Worthington

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1374279644074151938

As it says on the twitter post, even the ref applauded. It's one of those goals that pundits would go completely hatstand about today.