Brian Lewis

Brian Lewis

Brian Lewis

Midfielder
Full Name Brian Lewis
Place Of Birth Woking, Surrey
Date Of Birth 26 January 1943
Date Of Death 14 December 1998 (55)
Last Win 15 April 1968 21317days ago
Last Loss 20 April 1968 21312days ago
Statistics
Games Played
37
-
Per Game
Games Started
35
0.9
Per Game
Substituted In
2
0.1
Per Game
Minutes
3190
86.2
Per Game
Goals
2
0.1
Per Game
Goal From Penalty
1
0.03
Per Game
Assists
0
0
Per Game
Cards (All)
0
0
Per Game
BioStatsMatchesTeammates

Lewis was brought in from Portsmouth by Jimmy Hill in early 1967 to ensure that Division 1 football came to Highfield Road. A hard tackling midfielder who was never on the losing side in Division 2 and played 22 games the following season in the top flight. Brian had a habit of upsetting big names and in the Boxing Day 1967 clash with Liverpool he irritated Ian St John so much that ‘the Saint’ felled him with a right hook and was sent off.

He signed for Luton Town in early 1968 and was later a member of the Colchester United side that knocked the mighty Leeds out of the FA Cup in 1971. He returned to Pompey in 1972 and retired from playing in 1975. He died from cancer in 1998, aged 55.

Penalties (1 - scored)
1967-68
28 October 1967 v Sunderland H, Division One, scored (keeper Jim Montgomery)