Roy McCrohan
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 September 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Reading, Berkshire, England | ||
Date of death | 3 March 2015 | (aged 84)||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Youth career | |||
Reading | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1949–1951 | Reading | 4 | (1) |
1951–1962 | Norwich City | 385 | (20) |
1962–1964 | Colchester United | 75 | (5) |
1964–1965 | Bristol Rovers | 10 | (1) |
Total | 474 | (27) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Roy McCrohan (22 September 1930 – 3 March 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.[1]
Career
[edit]Born in Reading, Berkshire, McCrohan spent the majority of his career with Norwich City before playing for Colchester United and Bristol Rovers. He was a member of the Norwich sides which reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1959 as a third division team, won promotion to division two in 1960 and won the League Cup in 1962. He later coached at Bristol Rovers, Aldershot, Fulham and Ipswich Town, both the latter two with Bobby Robson, and was assistant manager at Luton Town before moving to live in the USA.[2] He was an assistant coach for the Detroit Express for the 1978 NASL season. He was named head coach of the Minnesota Kicks on 14 December 1978. He coached the team for the 1979 NASL season and first nine games of the 1980 NASL season.
Death
[edit]McCrohan died on 3 March 2015 in the West Country after a long illness.[3]
Honours
[edit]- Football League Cup: 1961–62
- Football League Third Division runner-up: 1959–60
References
[edit]- Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
- ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "NASL Coaches Registry". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
- ^ "CITY LEGEND ROY McCROHAN PASSES AWAY". Norwich City Football Club. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Tier Three (League One) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
- ^ "League Cup Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
- 1930 births
- 2015 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Footballers from Reading, Berkshire
- Men's association football midfielders
- Reading F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Bristol Rovers F.C. players
- English football managers
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) head coaches
- English expatriate football managers
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States
- English Football League players
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1930s birth stubs