Syd Carter

Sydney Youles Carter (28 July 1916 – 15 September 1978) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Mansfield Town.[1]

For other people named Sydney Carter, see Sydney Carter (disambiguation).

Syd Carter
Personal information
Full name Sydney Youles Carter[1]
Date of birth (1916-07-28)28 July 1916[1]
Place of birth Chesterfield, England
Date of death 15 September 1978(1978-09-15) (aged 62)[1]
Place of death Mansfield, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bolsover Colliery
1936–1937 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1937 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
1937–1938 Macclesfield Town 39 (40)
1938–1947 Mansfield Town 39 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Carter was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in 1916.[1] He began his football career with Bolsover Colliery,[2] and had spells on the books of Sheffield United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, without playing league football for either,[3] before joining Macclesfield Town in 1937. In his only season with the club, he scored 40 goals from 39 appearances in the Cheshire League, a return that included 6 in Macclesfield's 8–4 defeat of Hurst.[4][5]

He signed for Mansfield Town of the Football League Third Division North in May 1938, and established himself in the first team over the following season,[2] but his career was disrupted by the Second World War. By the time the Football League resumed, he was 30. He returned to Mansfield and made a few more appearances in 1946–47, after which he joined the club's backroom staff, first as assistant trainer and then as trainer in his own right.[6] Carter died in Mansfield in 1978 at the age of 62.[1]

References
  1. "Syd Carter". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. "Former players make good". Sheffield Evening Telegraph. 28 January 1939. p. 17.
  3. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  4. "Manager and player profiles: C". The Silkmen Archives. Geoffrey Knights and Macclesfield Town FC. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. "Double hat-trick heroes" (PDF). The Silkmen Archives. Geoffrey Knights and Macclesfield Town FC. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. "Mansfield sign a crack goal-getter". Nottingham Evening Post. 28 July 1949. p. 6.
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