Lee Todd (born 7 March 1972) is an English retired professional

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who played as a defender.

Playing career

Todd started his career in 1988 as a junior with

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

with whom he stayed until 1990. In the summer of 1990 Todd transferred to

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional association football, football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they wer ...

on a free transfer. Lee spent seven years at Stockport notching up a total of 226 league appearances including two promotions and a League Cup Semi-Final appearance. In 1997 Todd was bought by his former Stockport County manager Dave Jones who was now managing

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paying £850,000 for his services. During his time at Southampton he played just ten league games, which included playing the full 90 minutes as Southampton won 3–2 against

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. After spending a year in the

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, Todd moved on again in search of more regular football. This time it was to

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

for a fee of £250,000. Todd spent two years at Bradford City notching up only 15 league appearances. In September 1999, he spent a month out on loan at

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...

but was limited to just one start. In 2000 Todd moved on again this time to

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

on a free transfer where he spent three years until 2003. During this period Todd clocked up 50 league appearances and scored three goals for the club. In 2003 Todd moved on another free transfer to

Mossley Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester. The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire ...

but spent only a month with the club before free transferring again this time to

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...

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* 1972 births Living people Footballers from Hartlepool English footballers Men's association football defenders Hartlepool United F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Mossley A.F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players {{England-footy-defender-1970s-stub