Bill Cassidy (footballer, born 1940)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Pitt Cassidy[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 4 October 1940||
Place of birth | Hamilton, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 9 March 1995[2] | (aged 54)||
Place of death | Oxford, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left half, inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
195?–1958 | Burnbank Swifts | ||
1958 | Hamilton Academical | 1 | (0) |
1958 | Coltness United | ||
1958–1961 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
1961–1962 | Rotherham United | 25 | (1) |
1962–1967 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 118 | (25) |
1967–1968 | Chelmsford City | ||
1968 | Detroit Cougars | 20 | (3) |
1968–1971 | Cambridge United[a] | 31 | (6) |
1971–1972 | Kettering Town | ||
1972–197? | Ramsgate Athletic | ||
1975–1977 | Brora Rangers | ||
Managerial career | |||
1977–1979 | Ross County | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Pitt Cassidy (4 October 1940 – 9 March 1995) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He made 174 English Football League appearances playing for Rotherham United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cambridge United.[1] He also played one Scottish League match as a trialist for Hamilton Academical,[3] and spent the 1968 North American Soccer League season with the Detroit Cougars.[2] He also played junior football for Burnbank Swifts and Coltness United and English non-league football for Chelmsford City, Kettering Town and Ramsgate Athletic.[3][4] He went on to act as player-coach of Highland League club Brora Rangers[5] and managed Ross County, also of the Highland League.[6]
Cassidy was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, in 1940 and died in Oxford in 1995 at the age of 54.[1]
Notes
- ^ Cambridge United figures include Football League matches only.
References
- ^ a b c d "Bill Cassidy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Bill Cassidy". NASLJerseys.com. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Bill Cassidy". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Player search". English National Player Archive. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ McAllister, Bill (18 December 1976). "Bill's boys put Brora into the big-time". Aberdeen Evening Express. p. 20.
- ^ Black, Hamish (30 June 1979). "Midsummer madness hits North soccer". Aberdeen Evening Express. p. 8.
- 1940 births
- 1995 deaths
- People from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
- Scottish footballers
- Association football wing halves
- Association football inside forwards
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Newmains United Community F.C. players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Rotherham United F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Chelmsford City F.C. players
- Detroit Cougars (soccer) players
- Cambridge United F.C. players
- Kettering Town F.C. players
- Ramsgate F.C. players
- Brora Rangers F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Highland Football League players
- Scottish football managers
- Ross County F.C. managers
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Scottish expatriate footballers
- Association football coaches
- Scottish football midfielder stubs