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Leadbitter
Leadbitter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Chris Leadbitter (born 1967), English footballer * Daniel Leadbitter (born 1990), English footballer * Eric Leadbitter (1891–1971), British soldier *Grant Leadbitter (born 1986), English footballer * John Leadbitter (born 1953), English footballer *Mike Leadbitter Michael Andrew Leadbitter (12 March 1942 - 16 November 1974) was a British writer, researcher, magazine editor, and a leading authority on blues music, who had an important role in the revival of interest in the blues, particularly in the UK in the ... (1942–1974), British author * Ted Leadbitter (1919–1996), British politician * Tom Leadbitter (1945–1995), British racer {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Leadbitter
Daniel William Leadbitter (born 7 October 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays for National League North club Gloucester City. He is primarily a right-back and he is also capable of operating all across the defence. Leadbitter is a product of the Newcastle United youth system having joined at the age of 9 but left for Torquay United in 2011 to sign a two-year deal, in pursuit of first team football. Career Newcastle United Leadbitter joined local club Wide Open Juniors aged seven. He first played for Newcastle United's academy a year later. Initially a centre-back, Leadbitter was converted to a right-back aged 15 due to being shorter than most of his peers; reflecting on the positional change in 2012, he said: "I was too small to stay at centre-back, so I switched to right-back and I've found a home there now." He signed a contract with Newcastle in July 2007, having made his debut for the Newcastle Academy U18s against Middlesbrough in March of that year. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Leadbitter
Grant Leadbitter (born 7 January 1986) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He made more than 500 appearances in the Premier League and English Football League, Football League, which included 212 for Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough, 180 for Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland and 116 for Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town. Leadbitter retired at the end of the 2021 season, having won the EFL Trophy in his final season with Sunderland. Leadbitter played for Sunderland from 2003 until 2009 after rising as a product from the team's Academy of Light, Youth Academy before signing for Ipswich Town. He spent seven seasons with Middlesbrough before finishing his career with Sunderland. In 2007 Leadbitter received a call-up for England national under-21 football team, England U21, and featured for them three times. Leadbitter is now part of the Middlesbrough academy's coaching staff as an individual development coach. Early life Leadbit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Leadbitter
Edward Leadbitter (18 June 1919 – 23 December 1996) was a British Labour politician. Leadbitter was a teacher, and served as a councillor on West Hartlepool Borough Council. Member of Parliament Leadbitter was Member of Parliament for the Hartlepools and then the renamed Hartlepool from 1964 until he retired in March 1992. His successor was Peter Mandelson. in 1979, Leadbitter played a role in publicly exposing Anthony Blunt as a spy for the Soviet Union. On Thursday 15 November 1979, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher revealed Blunt's wartime role in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in reply to written parliamentary questions put to her by Leadbitter and Dennis Skinner, MP for Bolsover: Mr. Leadbitter and Mr. Skinner: Asked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on recent evidence concerning the actions of an individual, whose name has been supplied to her, in relation to the security of the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister: "The name which the hon. Memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Leadbitter
Christopher Jonathan Leadbitter (born 17 October 1967) is an English former footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a midfielder for Hereford United, Cambridge United, AFC Bournemouth, Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United. Career Leadbitter was born in Middlesbrough and began his career as an apprentice at Grimsby Town. He failed to make the breakthrough and moved to Hereford United in 1985 to make his league debut. He played 36 league games for them over two seasons, then signed for Cambridge United before the 1987–88 season. After a brief loan spell at Conference club Barnet, Leadbitter became a regular part of the Cambridge side under manager John Beck and helped the club gain consecutive promotions and reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in successive seasons. After 176 league appearances and 18 goals, he moved onto AFC Bournemouth for £25,000 in 1993 and then Plymouth Argyle in 1995. He played 63 games in all competitions for Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leadbitter
John Leadbitter (born 7 May 1953) is an English former footballer who played as a central defender in the Football League for Darlington. He began his senior career with Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ... without playing for them in the League. References 1953 births Living people Footballers from Sunderland English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Sunderland A.F.C. players Darlington F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Leadbitter
Michael Andrew Leadbitter (12 March 1942 - 16 November 1974) was a British writer, researcher, magazine editor, and a leading authority on blues music, who had an important role in the revival of interest in the blues, particularly in the UK in the 1960s and early 1970s. Mike Leadbitter was born in Simla, India, but grew up in Bexhill-on-Sea, England. He attended Bexhill Grammar School, and began buying rock and roll and rhythm and blues records and magazines in his mid teens, often on import from the US. In 1962, with his friend Simon Napier, he formed the Blues Appreciation Society, which the following year led to the publication of a magazine, '' Blues Unlimited'', the first English-language blues periodical. He edited a collection of ''Blues Unlimited'' articles as the book ''Nothing But the Blues'' (1971), compiled albums for various record labels, and coordinated research among a global network of blues fans. In 1972 he began working for Hanover Books, including their magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Leadbitter
Sir Eric Cyril Egerton Leadbitter Kt. (; 8 June 1891 – 25 February 1971) was a British civil servant and novelist. In 1937, Leadbitter was made Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. In 1942 he became Clerk of the Privy Council, holding the position until 1951. He was made Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1951 Birthday Honours, having been made knight bachelor The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system. Knights Bachelor are the ... in 1946. He married Irene Lloyd in 1918. Books *''The Road to Nowhere'' (1916) *''Perpetual Fires'' (1918) *''Rain Before Seven'' (1920) *''Shepherd's Warning'' (1921) *''Dead Reckoning'' (1922) *''The Evil that Men Do'' (1923) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Leadbitter, Eric 1891 births 1971 deaths British civil servants Clerks of the Privy Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
