Cyril Lea (born 5 August 1934) is a Welsh former footballer. He was born in Wrexham, and was capped on three occasions for the Wales Amateur team in 1957 and on two occasions by Wales.[1]

Cyril Lea
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-08-05) 5 August 1934 (age 91)
Place of birth Wrexham, Wales
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bradley Rangers
1957–1964 Leyton Orient 205 (0)
1964–1968 Ipswich Town 107 (2)
International career
1957 Wales Amateurs 3 (0)
1965 Wales 2 (0)
Managerial career
1968–1969 Ipswich Town (caretaker)
1983–1986 Colchester United
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played for Leyton Orient and Ipswich Town,[1] and was responsible for team selection at Portman Road for two months between the departure of Bill McGarry and the arrival of Bobby Robson.[2]

Lea later became manager of Colchester United,[3] and was in charge at Layer Road between February 1983 and April 1986.[4]

Managerial statistics

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Team Nat From To Record
PWDLWin %
Ipswich Town (Caretaker) England 24 November 1968 12 January 1969 7304042.9
Colchester United England 18 January 1983 10 April 1986 173714656041.0

Honours

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References

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  1. 1 2 Cyril Lea at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  2. Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Ipswich Town. Breedon Books. p. 172. ISBN 1-85983-515-5.
  3. "League Managers Association". Retrieved 2 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. "Managerial stats at soccerbase". Archived from the original on 9 January 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  5. "Four Town players in Hall of Fame". East Anglian Daily Times. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)