Arthur Lever (footballer)

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Arthur Lever
Full name	Arthur Richard lever
Date of birth	25 March 1920(1920-03-25)
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Date of death	20 August 2004 (aged 84)
Place of death	Cardiff, Wales
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1946-1950 1950-1954 1954-1957	Cardiff City Leicester City Newport County	156 (9) 119 (0) 072 (0)
National team
1952	Wales	001 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Arthur Richard Lever (born 25 March 1920 in Cardiff, died 20 August 2004 in Cardiff) nicknamed "Buller" was a former Welsh professional footballer and Wales international.

[edit] Career

Lever joined his hometown club Cardiff City at the age of twenty-two in 1942. He went on to play over one hundred wartime fixtures for the club before making his league debut during th 1946-47 season against Norwich City. He was ever present for the club in his first season and went on to play in one hundred and fourteen consecutive league games for the club, the run ending in March 1949 when he was injured in a match against Tottenham Hotspur.

In September 1950 he joined Leicester City for a fee of £17,000, eventually going on to become club captain. He spent four years at Filbert Street before returning to South Wales to play for Newport County until his retirment from football in 1957 due to an achilles problem.

During his career Lever won just one cap for Wales when he played against Scotland at Ninian Park in 1952. Howvever it is widley believed he could have won more caps had he played in a different period as during his career Wales had numerous top level full backs.

Lever was well known as being a sporting all-rounder during his life and played numerus sports at different levels, including Baseball, Basketball, Cricket and Golf. He died on 20 August 2004 after spending a short time at a nursing home in Cardiff. He is buried in Thornhill, Cardiff.^[1]