Born in Bury on 13 July 1921. Died 18th April 1997.
Edward Quigley joined his home town club as a full-back in 1941, but through necessity was converted to an attacker. Although on his debut as a centre-forward he scored five goals, his best position turned out to be inside-forward, where he was able to control the attack, lying deep and having the ability to split defences with inch perfect long passes.
1947 he joined Sheffield Wednesday for £12,000 and he scored 50 goals in 76 League appearances.
In December 1949, Preston North End paid a British record transfer fee of £26,500 for him. Quigley found goal-scoring at North End more difficult, but while at Preston he won a Second Division championship medal and represented England 'B' twice against Holland and Italy.
He was transferred to Blackburn Rovers who paid £20,000 for his services. In his five years at Ewood Park, he netted a remarkable 92 goals in only 159 appearances.
As Quigley was now 35, it was a surprise when he was placed on the transfer list at £2,500. After the Football League reduced the fee to £l,000, he re-signed for Bury in 1956 where he only made ten League appearances before retiring from League football at the end of the 1956-57 season with a Football League career record of 180 goals from 337 appearances.
He joined Mossley as Player-Manager in the summer of 1957. It was Quigley’s first attempt at football management and his first season couldn’t really have been worse. Mossley finished bottom of the Cheshire League winning only seven out of 42 games. Quigley himself scored 10 goals in 44 games.
The following season 1958-59 saw Mossley climb to 15th position and Quigley netted 19 goals in 42 appearances and the side also reached the final of the Manchester Intermediate Cup. Quigley scored twice but Ashton United netted six and Mossley lost.
The 1959-60 season saw Quigley’s side climb to 8th place and the now veteran inside forward netted 10 goals in 41 appearances.
Season 1960-61 saw Mossley’s best performance since the War, finishing 4th in the Cheshire League and winning the League Cup beating a strong Tranmere Reserve side 6-3 in the final at Hyde United’s ground. Quigley scored 9 goals in 29 appearances.
Quigley’s last season at Seel Park came the following term as Mossley finished in 8th place and won the old Ashton Challenge Cup for the last time beating Ashton United 5-1 on aggregate in the final. Quigley made 31 appearances scoring seven goals and retired from playing age 41.
Quigley then returned to Bury yet again, as youth team coach, demonstrating his talents by unearthing, amongst others, Colin Bell and Alec Lindsay.
He was later manager of Stockport County and Blackburn Rovers.