Background
He was born in Bury, Lancashire, the son of Edward and Martha (née Rowley) Quigley.
He was born in Bury, Lancashire, the son of Edward and Martha (née Rowley) Quigley.
He scored 179 goals from 337 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre-forward for Bury, Sheffield Wednesday, Preston North End and Blackburn Rovers in the post World World War II era. He was transferred from Sheffield Wednesday to Preston for a fee of £26,500, which was at the time a British transfer record. He managed Blackburn Rovers and Stockport County.
He died in Blackpool in 1997 at the age of 75.