Tony Leighton

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Tony Leighton
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Leighton
Date of birth	27 November 1939(1939-11-27)
Place of birth	Leeds, England
Date of death	4 April 1978 (aged 38)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1956–1959 1959–1962 1962–1964 1964–1968 1968–1970	Leeds United Doncaster Rovers Barnsley Huddersfield Town Bradford City	000 0(0) 083 (45) 107 (59) 090 (40) 088 (23)
Teams managed
1970–1973	Bradford Park Avenue
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Anthony "Tony" Leighton (27 November 1939 – 4 April 1978) was a professional footballer who played as a striker for a number of Yorkshire clubs.

Born in Leeds, Leighton played for Doncaster Rovers, Barnsley, Huddersfield Town and Bradford City.^[1]

He died of Motor Neurone Disease in April 1978, aged only 38.^[2]

He managed Bradford Park Avenue from December 1970 until October 1973.^{[citation needed]}

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v • d • e Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. – Managers O'Rourke (1924–25) · Hardy (19??–??) · Steele (1936–43) · Buckingham (1951–53) · Scoular (1960–64) · Brown (1968–70) · Leighton (1970–73) · Mackay (1989–93) · Rayner (1993–97) · Storton (1997–2004) · Shutt (2004–05) · Brook (2005–06) · Sharpe (2006–07) · Phillips (2007–08) · Cameron (2008) · Marsh and Stokes (2008) · Deacey (2008–09) · Sinnott (2009–)

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