Bob Lee was an English

England

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 footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who played for Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

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 as a forward

Striker

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.

Club career

He began his career with Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

 in 1971 and made 63 league appearances with 17 goals. While at Leicster he had a short loan spell with Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers F.C.

Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...

 from 1974 to 1975 making 14 appearances with four goals. Lee signed for Sunderland in 1976 and made his debut on 2 October 1976 against Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

 in a 1–0 defeat at Roker Park

Roker Park

Roker Park was an English football stadium situated in Roker, Sunderland. The stadium was the home of the English football club Sunderland A.F.C. from 1897 to 1997 before the club moved to the Stadium of Light. Near the end of the stadium's history, its capacity was around 22,500 with only a small...

. He made 109 league appearances in total, scoring 32 goals.

After playing for Sunderland he signed for Bristol Rovers

Bristol Rovers F.C.

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 in 1980 and went on to make 23 appearances, and scoring two goals. After that short stay, he left for Carlisle United

Carlisle United F.C.

Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....

, and had a slightly more successful stay, making 55 appearances, scoring 12 goals from 1981 to 1983. His final club was Darlington

Darlington F.C.

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where he retired at in 1984, having made just five appearances without scoring.

He later went on to become a pub landlord in the 1990s in one of the villages close to his birth place, Melton Mowbray.