Tim McCoy (footballer)

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Wilfred "Tim" McCoy (4 March 1921 – 27 January 2005) was an English professional footballer who made 184 Football League appearances playing as a centre half for Portsmouth, Northampton Town and Brighton & Hove Albion.[2]

Tim McCoy
Personal information
Full name Wilfred McCoy[1]
Date of birth (1921-03-04)4 March 1921[2]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Date of death 27 January 2005(2005-01-27) (aged 83)[3]
Place of death Brighton, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1948 Portsmouth 18 (0)
1948–1951 Northampton Town 60 (0)
1951–1954 Brighton & Hove Albion 112 (0)
1954–195? Tonbridge
195?–1958 Dover
1958–19?? East Grinstead
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Life and career

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McCoy was born in Birmingham in 1921.[2] He was nicknamed Tim, after the Western film star Tim McCoy, and was generally known by that name.[1] His football career appeared to have ended prematurely when the outbreak of the Second World War and a call-up to the Army prevented him from taking up a trial with Bolton Wanderers. However, when he was posted to Preston Barracks in Brighton, he appeared in wartime matches for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 1940–41 season.[1]

After the war, he signed for First Division club Portsmouth. As backup to Reg Flewin, he made just 18 league appearances in two and a half seasons, and moved on to Northampton Town.[1] He captained the team,[3] and helped them finish as Third Division South runners-up in 1949–50.[4] In January 1951, he returned to Brighton & Hove Albion where he was a regular in the team for nearly three years. He left at the end of the 1933–34 season, and went on to play non-league football for Tonbridge, Dover and as player-coach of East Grinstead.[1]

He then worked as a representative of an electrical appliances company and lived in the Woodingdean area of Brighton.[1] He died in the city in 2005 at the age of 83.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  2. ^ a b c d "Wilf McCoy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "In Memoriam". Northampton Town F.C. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Northampton Town". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 16 August 2018.