Leigh Sale made his début in professional
rugby league for home town club
Leigh at the age of 20. He played nine games for the club before competitive rugby league was suspended due to the outbreak of the Second World War. He resumed playing for the club after the war, and went on to make a total of 82 appearances for the club before losing his place in the first team in 1948.
Warrington Following the end of the Second World War, Sale briefly played for
Warrington as a guest player, making seven appearances between 1945 and 1946.
Widnes Sale played, and was
captain in
Widnes' 0-19 defeat by
Warrington in the
1949–50 Challenge Cup Final during the
1949–50 season at
Wembley Stadium,
London, in front of a crowd of 94,249. ==Post-playing career==