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Norman Leanord Plummer, Born 11/1/1924 in Leicester . During World War 2, Norman was a PT for the RAF , serving in the Far East , and in Europe . After the war he signed professional forms with Leicester City FC . He established himself as a regular in the Leicester side at first as centre-forward, but eventually centre-half. He became captain of the side during the 1948/49 season, under John Duncan , and led Leicester to their first Cup Final appearance, defeating the great Portsmouth side of that season 3-1 in the semi-final at Highbury . On April 30th 1949, came the proudest day of Normans life, he achieved his childhood dream of captaining Leicester City in their first ever FA Cup Final appearance, at Wembley , against Wolverhampton Wanderers , led by the great Billy Wright in front of a capacity 100,000 crowd. Leicester were the underdogs against a strong Wolves side, and eventually lost 3-1, but questionable refereeing decisions some argue ultimately cost Leicester the game. Mal Griffiths had what was later proved to be a perfectly legitimate goal disallowed for offside when the scores were locked at 1-1. After several more seasons at Leicester, Norman eventually moved onto Mansfield Town , and finally ended his career at Kettering in the early 1960's. Once he had retired he set up a shop on East Park Road, Leicester, which he ran for many years until he retired. During his well earned retirement he was a well known member of the RAFA and a regular at Glen Gorse Golf Club . He died on 25th October 1999, after a battle with cancer. He left behind his wife of 50 years Pegguy, 3 children and 5 grandchildren. |
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