Sammy Lee

What I admire about Sammy Lee is how he made size irrelevant. At 5 ft 7 in he was small for a midfielder, yet he stayed glued to the heart of Liverpool's great teams through the 70s and 80s and earned fourteen England caps. That tells me everything: he won with brain, work rate and positioning rather than physique. His later spells at QPR, Osasuna, Southampton and Bolton, then his move into coaching, paint the picture of a true student of the game. I have a soft spot for these unglamorous craftsmen who quietly hold a side together, and Lee is exactly that kind of player.

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Name (English)

Sammy Lee

Name (Japanese)

サミー・リー

Reading

さみー・りー

Born

February 7, 1959 (age 67)

Origin

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Height

157 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Boar

University

St Francis Xavier's College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy%20Lee%20(footballer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4116616

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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