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Eddie Lyons
Personal information
Full name Albert Edward Lyons[1]
Date of birth 20 May 1920[1]
Place of birth Rochdale, England[1]
Date of death November 1996 (aged 76)[1]
Place of death Bracknell, England[1]
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
Stockport County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1950 Bury 2 (0)
1950–1952 Millwall 6 (0)
1952–1953 Crewe Alexandra 23 (0)
Rochdale 19 (1)
Dartford
Gravesend & Northfleet
Managerial career
1976 Brentford (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Edward Lyons (20 May 1920–November 1996) was an English professional football full back who played in the Football League for Bury, Millwall, Crewe Alexandra and Rochdale.[2] After his retirement as a player, Lyons served Brentford in a number of backroom roles for over 30 years.

Playing career

A full back, Lyons played in the Football League for Bury, Millwall, Crewe Alexandra and Rochdale.[1] He saw out his career in non-league football with Southern League sides Dartford and Gravesend & Northfleet, winning the league title with the latter club in the 1957–58 season.[2]

Physiotherapy and coaching career

After retiring from football, Lyons became assistant trainer at Brentford.[2] He also helped Ted Gaskell with the running of the club's short-lived 'A' team in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[2] Lyons progressed to become the club physiotherapist in the 1970s and took caretaker charge for one match in September 1976 after the departure of John Docherty.[3] Lyons was awarded a testimonial against Chelsea in May 1984 for his service and at age 63, he played the final 15 minutes of the match.[2] He earned £8000 from the match,[4] was given a gold watch and was presented with a Canon League Loyalty Award by Brentford chairman Martin Lange.[2] In September 1990, he came out of retirement to serve as a physiotherapist for the officials at an England international match at Wembley Stadium.[5]

Personal life

After dropping out of league football, Lyons settled in Ealing and purchased a newsagents, which he ran with his wife Iris.[2] Lyons suffered from health problems in later life, suffering from bladder cancer, a stroke and having a triple heart bypass operation.[2] As of August 1996, he was living in Bracknell.[2]

Honours

As a player

Gravesend & Northfleet

As an individual

  • Canon League Loyalty Award[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Barry Hugman's Footballers - Eddie Lyons". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Luton Town 24/08/96. 1996. p. 19.
  3. ^ Official Brentford Programme 2006/2007 versus Leyton Orient 31/0107. Dunwoody Sports Publishing. 2007. pp. 38–39.
  4. ^ Griffin Gazette: Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Crewe Alexandra 06/04/96. Quay Design of Poole. 1996. p. 20.
  5. ^ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 9781906796723.
  6. ^ "Football Club History Database - Gravesend & Northfleet". Retrieved 21 March 2016.

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