Bill Cassidy (footballer, born 1940)
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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Pitt Cassidy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1940[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 9 March 1995 (aged 54)[2] | ||
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 31 | (6) |
| 1971–1972 | Kettering Town | ||
| 1972–197? | Ramsgate Athletic | ||
| 1975–1977 | Brora Rangers | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1977–1979 | Ross County | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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
- "Bill Cassidy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- "Bill Cassidy". NASLJerseys.com. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- "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.