Moving On and Moving Back
He played for York City and then tried his luck in the North American Soccer League (NASL). Lorimer played for two clubs: the Toronto Blizzard (1979–1980) and the Vancouver Whitecaps (1981–83).
In January 1983 he signed for University College Dublin A.F.C., before returning to a now-relegated Leeds United, aged 37, for the 1983–84, two seasons after Leeds had fallen into the Football League Second Division.
Amazingly, he played under former team-mate Eddie Gray (more than a year his junior) and broke the club's goalscoring record in the process, ending up with 238 goals from 676 appearances by the time new manager Billy Bremner (another of his former team mates) "retired" him just before his 40th birthday at the end of the 1985–86. However, Leeds were still a Second Division team when Lorimer played his final game for them and it would be another four years before they returned to the First Division.
Lorimer played on for a short time in Israel after a short spell at Whitby Town under former Leeds star David Harvey.
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