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Chelsea FC Profile: John Lee

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Full Name: John Lee

Born: Saturday, 27th December 1890
Place of birth: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Height: 5' 11"
Died: Thursday, 11th August 1955 (aged 64)
Place of death: Holderness, East Yorkshire, England
Burial: Cremated - Chanterlands Crematorium, Chanterlands Avenue, Hull. He is commemorated in the Northern Cemetery Columbarium.

Involvement with Chelsea:


Men's 1st Team Player from 1920 to 1924


Date of death 11 Aug confirmed from Crematorium Records by Crematorium, in email to Andrew R. Changed from 10 Aug originally

Playing Career:


Bird In Hand (Sheffield)
Hull City
Chelsea (Feb 1920 to Jun 1924) - cost: £1,500
Watford
Rotherham United

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Competitive Debut: Saturday, 13th March 1920, Notts County 0 - 1 Chelsea

Age on debut: 29 years 2 months 15 days

Last Competitive First-Team Appearance: Saturday, 16th December 1922, Chelsea 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur

Appearances

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
1919 / 20 400004
1920 / 21 200002
1922 / 23 100001
Total700007

Goals

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
1919 / 20 100001
Total100001


* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. John Lee made 7 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
League13th Mar 1920Notts County01Chelsea15,000 match won
League20th Mar 1920Chelsea11The Wednesday47,000 match drawn scored 1 goal
League10th Apr 1920Manchester City10Chelsea25,000 match lost
League26th Apr 1920Chelsea20West Bromwich Albion39,902 match won
League27th Nov 1920Sheffield United01Chelsea15,000 match won
League26th Feb 1921Chelsea01Everton44,000 match lost
League16th Dec 1922Chelsea00Tottenham Hotspur50,000 match drawn

Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances

Season Appearances
1920 / 21 3
1922 / 23 1
1923 / 24 1
Total5

Non-Competitive First-Team Goals

SeasonGoals
Total0


Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. John Lee made 5 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
Friendly14th Aug 1920Chelsea32Chelsea17,000 match lost
Friendly19th Aug 1920Chelsea12Chelsea17,000 match won
Friendly15th Sep 1920Chelsea20British Army5,000 match won
Friendly17th Aug 1922Chelsea13Chelsea5,000 match won
Friendly18th Aug 1923Chelsea41Chelsea10,000 match lost

Non-First-Team Appearances

Season Appearances
1919 / 20 7
1920 / 21 13
1921 / 22 15
1922 / 23 12
1923 / 24 19
Total66

Non-First-Team Goals

SeasonGoals
1920 / 21 1
1921 / 22 1
1922 / 23 1
1923 / 24 4
Total7


Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. John Lee made 66 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-First-Team Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
Reserve League8th Mar 1920Chelsea13Clapton Orientunknown match lost
Reserve League11th Mar 1920Fulham01Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League25th Mar 1920Chelsea11Brentfordunknown match drawn
Reserve League5th Apr 1920Chelsea11Tottenham Hotspurunknown match drawn
Reserve League8th Apr 1920Chelsea12Fulhamunknown match lost
Reserve League15th Apr 1920Chelsea11Millwallunknown match drawn
Reserve League28th Apr 1920Chelsea11Queens Park Rangersunknown match drawn
Reserve League4th Sep 1920West Ham United32Chelsea10,000 match lost
Reserve League6th Sep 1920Chelsea01Fulhamunknown match lost
Reserve League13th Sep 1920Clapton Orient42Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League28th Oct 1920Chelsea11Tottenham Hotspur8,000 match drawn
Reserve League30th Oct 1920Chelsea31Brentfordunknown match won scored 1 goal
Reserve League11th Nov 1920Chelsea31Arsenalunknown match won
Friendly2nd Dec 1920Cambridge University62Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League1st Jan 1921Chelsea30Millwallunknown match won
Reserve League20th Jan 1921Chelsea11Fulhamunknown match drawn
Reserve League17th Feb 1921Chelsea00West Ham Unitedunknown match drawn
Reserve League17th Mar 1921Chelsea00Queens Park Rangersunknown match drawn
Reserve League28th Mar 1921Chelsea20Tottenham Hotspurunknown match won
Reserve League5th May 1921Fulham00Chelseaunknown match drawn
Reserve League27th Aug 1921Tottenham Hotspur10Chelsea12,000 match lost
Reserve League8th Sep 1921Clapton Orient10Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League29th Sep 1921Chelsea30Crystal Palaceunknown match won
Reserve League3rd Oct 1921Chelsea00Clapton Orientunknown match drawn
Reserve League13th Oct 1921Chelsea11West Ham Unitedunknown match drawn scored 1 goal
Reserve League20th Oct 1921Chelsea41Brentfordunknown match won
Reserve League24th Nov 1921Chelsea10Charlton Athleticunknown match won
Reserve League12th Jan 1922Chelsea31Charlton Athleticunknown match won
Reserve League19th Jan 1922Chelsea12Millwallunknown match lost
Reserve League2nd Feb 1922Chelsea41Fulhamunknown match won
Reserve League4th Feb 1922Chelsea00Arsenalunknown match drawn
Reserve League11th Feb 1922Brentford11Chelseaunknown match drawn
Reserve League9th Mar 1922Fulham23Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League20th Mar 1922Chelsea12Arsenalunknown match lost
Reserve League1st Apr 1922Tottenham Hotspur21Chelseaunknown match lost
Friendly16th Sep 1922Southall12Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League28th Sep 1922Chelsea30Tottenham Hotspurunknown match won
Reserve League12th Oct 1922Chelsea21Brentfordunknown match won
Reserve League4th Jan 1923Chelsea10Millwallunknown match won
Reserve League25th Jan 1923Chelsea22West Ham Unitedunknown match drawn
Reserve League29th Jan 1923Chelsea43Queens Park Rangersunknown match won
Reserve League8th Feb 1923Chelsea00Tottenham Hotspurunknown match drawn
Reserve League15th Mar 1923Chelsea21Clapton Orientunknown match won
Reserve League17th Mar 1923Tottenham Hotspur30Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League24th Mar 1923Charlton Athletic12Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League12th Apr 1923Chelsea32Brentfordunknown match won scored 1 goal
Reserve League26th Apr 1923Chelsea31Crystal Palaceunknown match won
Reserve League25th Aug 1923Southend United33Chelsea6,000 match drawn
Reserve League1st Sep 1923Tottenham Hotspur01Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League8th Sep 1923Clapton Orient00Chelseaunknown match drawn
Reserve League13th Sep 1923Chelsea32Queens Park Rangers2,000 match won
Reserve League24th Sep 1923Chelsea20Millwall2,500 match won
Reserve League27th Sep 1923Chelsea20Tottenham Hotspurunknown match won
Reserve League4th Oct 1923Fulham21Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League15th Oct 1923Chelsea30Charlton Athletic1,000 match won
Reserve League29th Oct 1923Chelsea61Southend Unitedunknown match won scored 1 goal
Reserve League15th Nov 1923Chelsea61Crystal Palaceunknown match won scored 1 goal
Reserve League29th Nov 1923Chelsea11Arsenalunknown match drawn
Reserve League13th Dec 1923Chelsea07West Ham Unitedunknown match lost
Reserve League22nd Dec 1923Crystal Palace01Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League31st Jan 1924Chelsea12Crystal Palaceunknown match lost
Reserve League9th Feb 1924Queens Park Rangers12Chelseaunknown match won scored 1 goal
Reserve League28th Feb 1924Chelsea10Clapton Orientunknown match won
Reserve League20th Mar 1924Chelsea00Queens Park Rangersunknown match drawn
Reserve League24th Mar 1924Chelsea10Southend Unitedunknown match won scored 1 goal
Reserve League3rd Apr 1924Chelsea10Tottenham Hotspurunknown match won

Chelsea Graves Society Info & External Research Links:


Date of death 11 Aug confirmed from Crematorium Records by Crematorium, in email to Andrew R. Changed from 10 Aug originally

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Chelsea FC Player John Lee

Games Won: 3
Win Percentage: 42.86%
Total Bookings: 0
Times Sent Off: 0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 7 appearances, John Lee played alongside the following 24 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

John Bell (1)
Wally Bettridge (6)
Harold Brittan (2)
David Cameron (1)
Jack Cock (2)
Jimmy Croal (2)
George Dale (4)
Bill Dickie (2)
Jim Ferris (1)
Harry Ford (7)
Harold Halse (4)
Colin Hampton (2)
Jack Harrow (7)
William Haywood (1)
Tommy Logan (4)
Bobby McNeil (1)
Tommy Meehan (1)
Nils Middelboe (2)
James Molyneux (5)
Buchanan Sharp (5)
George Smith (1)
Bob Thomson (2)
Joe Ward (1)
Harry Wilding (6)