Edward Daniel Legge (1906 – 1947) was a Scottish

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who played for

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Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team currently compete in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. They have played their ...

and

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Career

Born in

, Legge played for Balmoral Cecil and Aberdeen Park Vale before signing for hometown club

in 1928. He joined

in 1932 and in the league he made 104 appearances and scored one goal for them before joining

in November 1935 following a trial. He was made

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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 in 1947 at the age of 41.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Legge, Edward 1906 births 1947 deaths Footballers from Aberdeen Scottish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Aberdeen F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players York City F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Football League players 20th-century Scottish sportsmen