Name Eddie Quigley | Role Football player | |
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Died April 18, 1997, Blackpool, United Kingdom Similar People Jackie Sewell, Roy Hodgson, Gary Bowyer, Steve Kean, Radosav Petrovic | ||
Edward "Eddie" Quigley (13 July 1921 – 18 April 1997) was an English football player and manager.
He was born in Bury, Lancashire, the son of Edward and Martha (née Rowley) Quigley.
He scored 179 goals from 337 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre-forward for Bury, Sheffield Wednesday, Preston North End and Blackburn Rovers in the post World War II era. He was transferred from Sheffield Wednesday to Preston for a fee of £26,500, which was at the time a British transfer record. He managed Blackburn Rovers and Stockport County.
He died in Blackpool in 1997 at the age of 75.
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