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Cyril Lea
Personal information
Date of birth	5 August 1934 (age 90)
Place of birth	Wrexham, Wales
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Right half
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Bradley Rangers
1957–1964	Leyton Orient
1964–1968	Ipswich Town
International career
1965	Wales
Managerial career
1968–1969	Ipswich Town (caretaker)
1983–1986	Colchester United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril Lea (born 5 August 1934) is a Welsh former footballer. He was born in Wrexham, and was capped on two occasions by Wales.^[1]

He played for Leyton Orient and Ipswich Town,^[1] and was responsible for team selection at Portman Road for two months between the departure of Bill McGarry and the arrival of Bobby Robson.^[2]

Lea later became manager of Colchester United,^[3] and was in charge at Layer Road between February 1983 and April 1986.^[4]

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Won %!
Ipswich Town (Caretaker)		24 November 1968	12 January 1969	7	3	0	4	42.9
Colchester United		1 February 1983	10 April 1986	173	71	46	56	41

Individual

^ ^a ^b Cyril Lea at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
^ Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Ipswich Town. Breedon Books. p. 172. ISBN 1-85983-515-5.
^ "League Managers Association". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Managerial stats at soccerbase". Archived from the original on 9 January 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
^ "Four Town players in Hall of Fame". East Anglian Daily Times. 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2019.