Jack Lee
The one-cap England international was 34-years old when City paid £10,000 for him in November 1954 and managed only 15 games before having to retire with a recurring knee problem.
Jack lost the best years of his career to the war but made up for it in the early post-war years as he topped Leicester’s scoring lists in three successive seasons between 1948 and 1950. He scored eight goals in Leicester’s FA Cup run ton the final in 1949, including four goals in a 5-5 draw at Luton. Derby paid £16,000 in 1950 and he scored 29 goals in his first season, earning himself his England cap when he scored in a 4-1 win in Belfast.
In the final game of that season however he suffered a knee injury and ended up having four cartilage operations and was never as effective again.
Jack scored twice on his debut and managed 10 goals but his knees were gone. After retiring he was groundsman at the BTH sports ground in Rugby. He was an accomplished cricketer and got a wicket with his first delivery in county cricket for Leicestershire in 1947 but was never selected again.
