Cyril Lea (born 5 August 1934) is a Welsh former footballer. He was born in Wrexham, and was capped on three occasions for the Wales Amateur team in 1957 and on two occasions by Wales.
He played for Leyton Orient and Ipswich Town, and was responsible for team selection at Portman Road for two months between the departure of Bill McGarry and the arrival of Bobby Robson.
Lea later became manager of Colchester United, and was in charge at Layer Road between February 1983 and April 1986.
Managerial statistics TeamNatFromToRecordIpswich Town (Caretaker)24 November 196812 January 1969Colchester United18 January 198310 April 1986
Honours Ipswich Town Football League Second Division: 1967–68
Individual Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2010
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