Cyril Trigg

Cyril Trigg
Personal information
Date of birth	8 April 1917
Place of birth	Measham, England
Date of death	9 April 1993 (aged 76)
Place of death	Birmingham, England
Position(s)	Full back / Centre forward
Youth career
	Binley Welfare
	Bedworth Town
1935	Birmingham
Senior career*
Years	Team
1935–1954	Birmingham City
1954–1957	Stourbridge
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril Trigg (8 April 1917 – 9 April 1993)^[1] was an English professional footballer who made 268 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, which was renamed Birmingham City in 1943.^[2]

Trigg was born in Measham, Leicestershire. He spent the whole of his League career – nineteen years – with Birmingham City, for whom he made 291 appearances and scored 72 goals in all competitions. The Second World War started when he was 22 years old, so his career was severely disrupted by the conflict, in which he served in the Royal Air Force in India and Burma.^[1] He also appeared as a guest player for West Ham United during the war.^[3] He was twice Birmingham's leading scorer, firstly in the 1946–47 season, despite playing a third of his matches at right back,^[4] and again in 1950–51, by which time he was exclusively a centre forward.^[5]

He moved to Stourbridge in 1954 as player-coach, and retired in 1957. He died in Birmingham aged 76.^[1]

Honours

Birmingham City

Football League Second Division: 1947–48

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
^ "Birmingham City: 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
^ Hogg, Tony (1995). West Ham Who's Who. London: Independent UK Sports publications. p. 223. ISBN 1-899429-01-8.
^ Matthews (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. p. 182.
^ Matthews (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. p. 186.

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[M130-1] Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

[2] "Birmingham City: 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 October 2009.

[3] Hogg, Tony (1995). West Ham Who's Who. London: Independent UK Sports publications. p. 223. ISBN 1-899429-01-8.

[4] Matthews (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. p. 182.

[5] Matthews (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. p. 186.

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