Francis Lee (footballer)

Francis Henry Lee  (29 April 1944 – 2 October 2023), also known as Franny Lee, was an English professional footballer and businessman. After he stopped being a footballer, he served as the chairman and main shareholder of Manchester City. On 2 October 2023, at the age of 79, Lee died after a long illness with cancer.

Club career statistics

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|1960–61||rowspan="8"|Bolton Wanderers||rowspan="4"|First Division||6||2
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|1961–62||5||0
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|1962–63||23||12
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|1963–64||34||12
|-
|1964–65||rowspan="4"|Second Division||38||23
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|1965–66||34||12
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|1966–67||40||22
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|1967–68||9||8
|-
|1967–68||rowspan="7"|Manchester City||rowspan="7"|First Division||31||16
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|1968–69||37||12
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|1969–70||36||13
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|1970–71||38||14
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|1971–72||42||33
|-
|1972–73||35||14
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|1973–74||30||10
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|1974–75||rowspan="2"|Derby County||rowspan="2"|First Division||34||12
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|1975–76||28||12
500||227
500||227
|}

International career statistics

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|1968||1||0
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|1969||8||4
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|1970||9||3
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|1971||8||2
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|1972||1||1
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!Total||27||10
|}
Honours

Manchester City
 Football League First Division: 1967–68
 FA Cup: 1968–69
 League Cup: 1969–70
 FA Charity Shield: 1968, 1972
 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1969–70

Derby County
 Football League First Division: 1974–75
 FA Charity Shield: 1975

Individual
Football League First Division Golden boot: 1971–72
Manchester City Player of the Year: 1970{{www.myfootballfacts.com › 
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English Football Hall of Fame
1969 Ballon d'Or: 13th
Most penalties scored in First Division: 1972
Manchester City top goal-scorer: 1969, 1970 (shared), 1971 (shared), 1972, 1974
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

References

Category:1944 births
Category:2023 deaths
Category:Derby County F.C. players
Category:English footballers
Category:People from Lancashire
Category:England at the 1970 FIFA World Cup