Sammy Conn

Sammy Conn
Personal information
Date of birth	26 October 1961
Place of birth	Lanark, Scotland
Date of death	17 August 2014 (aged 52)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Polkemmet Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1982	Falkirk
1982–1986	Albion Rovers
1986–1987	Clydebank
1987–1988	Falkirk
1988–1993	Airdrie
1993–1994	Albion Rovers
1994–1997	Cowdenbeath
Total
Managerial career
1996–1997	Cowdenbeath
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sammy Conn (26 October 1961 – 17 August 2014) was a Scottish professional football player and manager.

Career

Born in Lanark, Conn played as a midfielder for Polkemmet Juniors, Falkirk, Albion Rovers, Clydebank, Airdrie and Cowdenbeath.^[1] After being player-manager of Cowdenbeath between 1996 and 1997, Conn later worked as a youth coach at Ayr United before becoming assistant manager of Dalry Thistle.^[2]

Conn suffered from motor neurone disease. He died on 17 August 2014 at age 52.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
^ "Sammy Conn". Cowdenbeath F.C. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
^ Tributes to former Cowdenbeath footballer Sammy Conn
^ SAMMY CONN 1961-2014

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[1] "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

[2] "Sammy Conn". Cowdenbeath F.C. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

[3] Tributes to former Cowdenbeath footballer Sammy Conn

[4] SAMMY CONN 1961-2014

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