Eddie Legge

Eddie Legge

Personal information
Full name	Edward Daniel Legge
Date of birth	12 March 1902
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Balmoral Cecil
	Aberdeen Park Vale
1928–1932	Aberdeen	46	(0)
1932–1935	Carlisle United	104	(1)
1935–1938	York City	82	(2)
1938	Burton Town
1938–?	Aberdeen Park Vale
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Daniel "Eddie" Legge (12 March 1902 – 16 December 1947) was a Scottish footballer who played for Carlisle United and York City in the Football League.

Career

Born in Aberdeen, Legge played for Balmoral Cecil and Aberdeen Park Vale before signing for hometown club Aberdeen in 1928. He joined Carlisle United of the Football League in 1932 and in the league he made 104 appearances and scored one goal for them before joining York City in November 1935 following a trial. He was made captain for the 1936–37 season. Following an injury, he was unable to reaffirm his place in the team, with Claude Barrett and Jack Pinder playing regularly at full back, and he left to join Burton Town in 1938. He joined former club Aberdeen Park Vale in 1938 and died at Foresterhill Hospital in Aberdeen on 16 December 1947 at the age of 45.