Brian Yeo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian George Yeo | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Worthing, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1959–1961 | Portsmouth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1963 | Portsmouth[1] | 0 | (0) |
| 1963–1975 | Gillingham[2] | 356 | (136) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1975–1978 | Folkestone | ||
| 1979–1984 | Canterbury City | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Brian George Yeo (12 April 1944) is an English former football striker. He spent almost his entire career playing for Gillingham, for whom he holds the all-time record for the most goals scored in the Football League.
Career
Yeo came through the junior ranks at Portsmouth but never made a first-team appearance before Freddie Cox signed him for Gillingham in 1963. He scored on his debut for the club and went on to become only the second player ever to score 100 Football League goals for the Kent club, finishing his career with 136 league goals and 149 in all competitions, both club records which stand to this day. In the 1973–74 season he also equalled Ernie Morgan's club record of 31 goals in a season.[2]
In 1975 Yeo retired from professional football to concentrate on running a newsagent's in the town, but also had spells managing Folkestone and Canterbury City, the latter role, his last involvement in football, finishing in 1984.[2]
References
- ^ Portsmouth all-time players' records
- ^ a b c Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 344. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.