The 1956–57 season was Leicester City's 52nd season in the Football League and their 38th (non-consecutive) season in the second tier of English football.
Leicester ran away with the Second Division title, winning it by a clear 7 points to claim the club's 4th Second Division title and their second title in four years.
Legendary striker Arthur Rowley set the club record for the most goals in a single season by scoring 44 goals in 43 appearances. The club's tally of 109 league goals during the season also remains a club record.
League table
Club statistics All data from: Dave Smith and Paul Taylor, Of Fossils and Foxes: The Official Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club (2001) ()
Appearances Pos.Nat.NameDiv 2FACTotalGKDave MacLaren27128GKGeorge Heyes14014GKHarvey Sinclair101DFStan Milburn42143DFJohn Ogilvie38139DFJack Froggatt42143DFBill Webb303DFWillie Cunningham101MFPat Ward27027MFColin Appleton15116MFJimmy Moran303FWJohnny Morris42143FWTommy McDonald31132FWIan McNeill38139FWWillie Gardiner13013FWArthur Rowley42143FWDerek Hogg36036FWDerek Hines29130FWJimmy Walsh101FWBilly Wright17118
Top goalscorers Pos.Nat.NameDiv 1FACTotal1Arthur Rowley440442Ian McNeill180183Derek Hines140144Billy Wright100105Tommy McDonald7076Derek Hogg5057Willie Gardiner4048Stan Milburn101=Johnny Morris101=Colin Appleton101=Jimmy Moran101Own goals303
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