# Mick Leach

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{{short description|English footballer (1947–1992)}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name      = Mick Leach
| fullname = Michael John Christopher Leach
| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|1|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Hackney](/source/Hackney_Central), England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|1|11|1947|1|16|df=y}}
| height = 
| position = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder)
| youthyears1 =  
| youthclubs1 =  
|  years1 =   1964–1978 
| years2 =  1978 
| years3 =  1978–1979
|  clubs1 =   [Queens Park Rangers](/source/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C.) 
| clubs2 =  [Detroit Express](/source/Detroit_Express) 
| clubs3 =  [Cambridge United](/source/Cambridge_United_F.C.)
| caps1 =    313  
| caps2 =  23  
| caps3 =   19   
| goals1 =  61  
| goals2 =  3  
| goals3 =  1 
}}
'''Michael Leach''' (16 January 1947 – 11 January 1992) was a footballer with [Queens Park Rangers](/source/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C.) in the 1960s and 1970s.

He made over 300 [Football League](/source/Football_League) appearances for QPR.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mick Leach|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/mickleach.html|work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database|publisher=Neil Brown|accessdate=15 May 2012}}</ref> His first league appearance for them was in 1964–65, and his final league game with QPR was in 1977–78.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/queens-park-rangers-fc/mick-leach-8980/1964-65-1977-78_a16107/|title=Mick Leach: Queens Park Rangers FC|publisher=Sporting Heroes|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> His final appearance was in a 3rd round F.A. Cup tie versus Wealdstone on 7 January 1978, played at Loftus Road.

In 1978, he moved to the USA to play in the [North American Soccer League](/source/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)) with the [Detroit Express](/source/Detroit_Express), making 23 appearances for them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/L/Leach.Mick.htm|title=Mick Leach|work=North American Soccer League Players|publisher=nasljerseys.com|accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref>

He died from cancer in 1992.

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Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Category:1947 births
Category:1992 deaths
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney
Category:People from Hackney Central
Category:Detroit Express players
Category:Cambridge United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Category:English expatriate men's footballers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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