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Vernon Avis
Personal information
Full name Vernon Charles Sidney Avis[1]
Date of birth (1935-10-24)24 October 1935
Place of birth Marylebone, England
Date of death June 1996 (aged 60)[1]
Place of death Northampton, England
Position(s) Left back, centre forward
Youth career
1952–1953 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1961 Brentford 19 (0)
1961–1966 Bedford Town 179 (2)
Rushden Town
Managerial career
1967 Bedford Town (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vernon Charles Sidney Avis (24 October 1935 – June 1996) was an English football left back who played in the Football League for Brentford.

Playing career

Brentford

Avis began his career in the youth team at Second Division club Brentford.[2] He made his debut at age 18 in a 0–0 draw with Stoke City at Griffin Park on 12 December 1953.[3] Avis failed to break into the first team and with Ken Coote ahead of him in the pecking order,[4] he spent most of his time in the reserves.[2] Avis' best first team appearance tally was 11 in the 1959–60 Third Division season.[3] He departed the club in 1961, after making just 19 appearances.[2]

Bedford Town

Avis dropped into non-league football and signed for Southern League Premier Division club Bedford Town in 1961.[5] A left back by trade, Avis spent an early part of his Bedford career at centre forward.[6] He made nearly 200 appearances over the course of five seasons, before hanging up his boots at the end of the 1965–66 campaign.[7] Avis played two matches during the 1966–67 season as an emergency replacement.[7] He left the club in 1967, and joined United Counties League First Division club Rushden Town.[7]

Managerial and coaching career

Avis became the trainer at Bedford Town in 1966, and stepped in as caretaker manager in April 1967.[7] He departed the club when Ron Heckman was appointed first team manager later that month.[7]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1953–54[3] Second Division 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
1956–57[3] Third Division South 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
1959–60[3] Third Division 11 0 0 0 — 11 0
1960–61[3] 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0

References

  1. ^ a b "Vernon Avis". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 14. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. ^ a b c d e f White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 382–386. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. ^ "Sands of Time: Ground number 80 – Get West London". getwestlondon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Best Years Players A-B – bedfordoldeagles". sites.google.com. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  6. ^ "1961/2 in photos – bedfordoldeagles". sites.google.com. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d e "1966/7 Summary – bedfordoldeagles". sites.google.com. Retrieved 25 July 2014.


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