Tony Currie (footballer)

Tony Currie
Personal information
Full name Anthony William Currie
Date of birth (1950-01-01) 1 January 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Edgware, Middlesex, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Queens Park Rangers
Chelsea
Watford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1968 Watford 18 (9)
1968–1976 Sheffield United 313 (54)
1976–1979 Leeds United 102 (11)
1979–1982 Queens Park Rangers 81 (5)
1983 Toronto Nationals[1][2] 6 (1)
1983–1984 Southend United 0 (0)
1984 Torquay United 14 (1)
Total 528 (80)
International career
1969–1973 England U23 13 (4)
1972–1979 England 17 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony William Currie (born 1 January 1950) is an English former footballer who had significant spells for Sheffield United, Leeds United and Queens Park Rangers as well as representing England.

He was an effervescent and exuberant attacking midfield player with the vision and ability to strike long dangerous passes.[3] His nephew, Darren Currie, was also a midfielder.

  1. ^ 73 Days – The Story of the Canadian Professional Soccer League
  2. ^ The Matador: The Life and Career of Tony Currie By Elliot Huntley, Pitch Publishing, 2015
  3. ^ Clarebrough, Denis. (1989) Sheffield United F.C., The First 100 years, page 108. ISBN 0-9508588-1-1

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