Norman Plummer

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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.