Cliff Leeming (2 February 1920 – 31 January 2014) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

, who played as an

inside forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they adop ...

. He was the son of

Joe Leeming Joseph Leeming (22 September 1876 – 30 April 1962) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bury and in the Southern League for Brighton & Hove Albion. He also represented an England league team and was on the winning ...

, a player for

Bury Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains *-bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–1 ...

. Leeming died on 31 January 2014.Clifford Leeming
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* 1920 births 2014 deaths Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Bury F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football inside forwards Bolton Wanderers F.C. players English men's footballers People from Edgworth Footballers from Lancashire {{England-footy-forward-1920s-stub